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legal fic·tion n: something asssumed in law to be fact irrespective of the truth or accuracy of that assumptionthe legal fiction that a day has no fractions — Fields v. Fairbanks North Star Borough, 818 P.2d 658 (1991)
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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n.An assumption that certain facts are true that is made by the court in order to render a legal decision without delay.
The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008.
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A presumption of fact assumed by a court for convenience, consistency, or to achieve justice.Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
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n. The assumption by the law that a particular assertion is true (even though it may not be) in order to support the functioning of a legal rule.
Webster's New World Law Dictionary. Susan Ellis Wild. 2000.
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An assumption that something occurred or someone or something exists which, in fact, is not the case, but that is made in the law to enable a court to equitably resolve a matter before it.
Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.
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An assumption that something occurred or someone or something exists which, in fact, is not the case, but that is made in the law to enable a court to equitably resolve a matter before it.
Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.
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n.a presumption of fact assumed by a court for convenience, consistency or to achieve justice. There is an old adage: "Fictions arise from the law, and not law from fictions."
Law dictionary. EdwART. 2013.
