feigned issue

feigned issue
An issue in a suit in equity presented for trial at law before a jury under the guise of a fictitious wager. 27 Am J2d Equity § 240. Feigned issues were also frequently used in courts of law, by consent of the parties, to determine some disputed right without the formality of pleading, thus saving time and expense. See 3 Bl Comm 452.

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  • Feigned issue — Feigned Feigned, a. Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. A feigned friend. Shak. [1913 Webster] Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Ps. xvii. 1. {Feign ed*ly}, adv. {Feign ed*ness}, n. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • feigned issue — A proceeding, now obsolete, whereby parties, by consent, could have matter determined by jury without actually bringing action. See also feigned action real issue Real or feigned issue A real or actual issue is one formed in a regular manner in a …   Black's law dictionary

  • feigned issue — A proceeding, now obsolete, whereby parties, by consent, could have matter determined by jury without actually bringing action. See also feigned action real issue Real or feigned issue A real or actual issue is one formed in a regular manner in a …   Black's law dictionary

  • feigned issue — noun : an issue framed often by an equity court or by arrangement of the parties in order to try before a jury a question of fact which the court either has not the power to try or is unwilling to try : an issue of fact that does not actually… …   Useful english dictionary

  • Feigned — Feigned, a. Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere; false. A feigned friend. Shak. [1913 Webster] Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Ps. xvii. 1. {Feign ed*ly}, adv. {Feign ed*ness}, n. [1913 Webster] Her …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Issue — Is sue ([i^]sh [ u]), n. [OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go, akin to Gr. ie nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. {Ambition}, {Count} a nobleman,… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Issue pea — Issue Is sue ([i^]sh [ u]), n. [OF. issue, eissue, F. issue, fr. OF. issir, eissir, to go out, L. exire; ex out of, from + ire to go, akin to Gr. ie nai, Skr. i, Goth. iddja went, used as prefect of gaggan to go. Cf. {Ambition}, {Count} a… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • feigned — I adjective apocryphal, artificial, assumed, bogus, colorable, counterfeit, deceptive, delusive, disguised, dishonest, disingenuous, evasive, fabricated, factitious, faked, false, fictitious, forged, fraudulent, hypocritical, illusory, imaginary …   Law dictionary

  • issue — 1. verb To send forth; to emit; to promulgate; as, an officer issues orders, process issues from a court. To put into circulation; as, the treasury issues notes. To send out, to send out officially; to deliver, for use, or authoritatively; to go… …   Black's law dictionary

  • issue — 1. verb To send forth; to emit; to promulgate; as, an officer issues orders, process issues from a court. To put into circulation; as, the treasury issues notes. To send out, to send out officially; to deliver, for use, or authoritatively; to go… …   Black's law dictionary

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