Fictio
Defined in 6 dictionaries — Ballentine's (1916), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893), Black's (1891), Stimson (1881), Burrill (1850)
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
I. A fiction. Fictio cedit Teritati: a fiction yields to truth. Fictio juris: a fiction of law. Fictio legis inlqne operatur alicui damnum yel injuriam: a legal fiction should not work to any person wrong or injury.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In Roman law. A fiction; an assumption or supposition of the law. "Fictio" in the old Roman law was properly a term of pleading, and signified a false averment on the part of the plaintiff which the defendant was not allowed to traverse; as that the plaintiff was a Roman citizen, when in truth he was a foreigner. The object of the fiction was to give the court jurisdiction. Maine, Anc. Law, 25. Fictio cedit veritati. Fictio juris non est ubi veritas. Fiction yields to truth. Where there is truth, fiction of law exists not. Fictio est contra veritatem, sed pro veritate habetur. Fiction is against the truth, but it is to be esteemed truth. Fictio juris non est ubi veritas. Where truth is, fiction of law does not exist. Fictio legis inique operatur alicui damnum vel injuriam. A legal fiction does not properly work loss or injury. 3 Coke, 36; Broom, Max. 129. Fictio legis neminem laedit. A fiction of law injures no one. 2 Rolle, 502; 3 Bl. Comm. 43; 17 Johns. 348.
Glossary of Technical Terms, Phrases, and Maxims of the Common Law
Frederic Jesup Stimson · 1881
/. A fiction. Fiotio cedit veritati: a fiction yields to truth. Fictio juris: a fiction of law. Fictio legis inique operatur alieni damnum vel injuriam: a legal fiction should not work to any person wrong or injury.
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
Lat. [from fingere, to feign.] A fiction. See Fiction of law.