- In fictione juris semper est aequitas
- In fiction of law, equity always exists. To apply a legal fiction to work a wrong is a violation of the maxim. Emerson v Thompson, 19 Mass (2 Pick) 473, 495.
Ballentine's law dictionary. Anderson, W.S.. 1998.
In fictione juris semper est aequitas
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