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legal fiction — legal fic·tion n: something asssumed in law to be fact irrespective of the truth or accuracy of that assumption the legal fiction that a day has no fractions Fields v. Fairbanks North Star Borough, 818 P.2d 658 (1991) Merriam Webster’s Dictionary … Law dictionary
Legal fiction — In the common law tradition, legal fictions are suppositions of fact taken to be true by the courts of law, but which are not necessarily true. They typically are used to evade archaic rules of procedure or to extend the jurisdiction of the… … Wikipedia
legal fiction — a rule assuming as true something that is clearly false. A fiction is often used to get around the provisions of constitutions and legal codes that legislators are hesitant to change or to encumber with specific limitations. Thus, when a… … Universalium
legal fiction — /ligəl ˈfɪkʃən/ (say leeguhl fikshuhn) noun See fiction (def. 4) …
legal fiction — noun : fiction 4 … Useful english dictionary
legal fiction — noun An assumption, not necessarily true, made by a court in order to apply a legal rule … Wiktionary
legal fiction — presumption that concerns proof of legal grounds … English contemporary dictionary
legal fiction — noun an assumption of the truth of something, though unproven or unfounded, for legal purposes … English new terms dictionary
fiction — fic·tion n: legal fiction fic·tion·al adj Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. fiction … Law dictionary
Legal personality — (also artificial personality, juridical personality, and juristic personality) is the characteristic of a non human entity regarded by law to have the status of a person. A legal person (Latin: persona ficta), (also artificial person, juridical… … Wikipedia
