Fictio
A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
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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.