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fiction
In the sense of a fiction of law, a contrived condition or situation; the simulation of a status or condition with the purpose of accomplishing justice, albeit justice reached by devious means, as the fiction of casual ejector whereby the action of ejectment was converted into an action for the determination of title to real estate. 25 Am J2d Eject § 2. As a literary work, a novel, a portrayal with imaginary characters. In pleading a false averment on the part of the plaintiff which the defendant is not allowed to traverse, the object being to give the court jurisdiction. Snider v Newell, 132 NC 614, 625, 44 SE 354. For particular fictions of the law, see the specific term, such as lost grant.

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