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Fictio Est Contra Veritatem

Defined in 1 dictionary — Cyclopedic (1922)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

sed pro veritate habetur. Fiction is against the truth, but it is to be esteemed truth. FICTIO LEGIS INIQUp OPERATUR ALlenl damnum vel Injuriam. Fiction of law is wrongful if it works loss or injury to any one. 2 Coke, 35; 8 Coke, 36; Broom, Leg. Max. (3d London Ed.) 122.