Legal fiction
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legal-fiction-168-1808393
title:
Legal fiction
text:
A legal fiction is a construct used in the law where a thing is taken to be true, which is not in fact true, in order to achieve an outcome. Legal fictions can be employed by the courts or found in legislation. Legal fictions are different from legal presumptions which assume a certain state of facts until the opposite is proved, such as the presumption of legitimacy. The term legal fiction is sometimes used in a pejorative way. Jeremy Bentham was a famous historical critic of legal fictions. Pr
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wiki
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encyclopedia
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Fact assumed for the purpose of a legal rule
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal_fiction
date created:
2003-07-03T16:10:19Z
date modified:
2024-08-30T17:46:35Z
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