Feigned Action
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
In practice
An action brought on a pretended right, when the plaintiff has no true cause of action, for some illegal purpose.^ In a feigned action, the words of the writ are true. It differs from "false action," in which case the words of the writ are false.
Co. Litt. 361, § 689.