Fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events....
Legal fictions are fact or situations assumed or created by courts which are then used to resolve matters before them. Legal fictions are mostly encountered under common law systems....
Fiction is an imaginative form of narrative, one of the four basic rhetorical modes. Although the word fiction is derived from the Latin fingo, fingere, finxi, fictum, "to form, create", works of fiction need not be entirely imaginary and may include real people, places, and events....
Legal fictions are fact or situations assumed or created by courts which are then used to resolve matters before them. Legal fictions are mostly encountered under common law systems....
Fictitious defendants are real persons a plaintiff believes it has a cause of action against in a lawsuit who, for one reason or another, cannot be identified by the plaintiff before a lawsuit is commenced....
Feigned action is 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....
Ejectment in the common law term for civil action to recover the possession of and title to land. It replaced the old Real Actions as well as the various possessory assizes.... - an action to recover land
The name "John Doe" is used as a placeholder name for a male party, in a legal action, case or discussion, whose true identity is either unknown or must be withheld for legal reasons.... - commonly named as a fictitious defendant.
