The Collaborative International Dictionary
Feigned \Feigned\, a.
Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere;
false. ``A feigned friend.''
--Shak.
Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned
lips.
--Ps. xvii. 1.
-- Feign"ed*ly, adv. -- Feign"ed*ness, n.
Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me
with her whole heart, but feignedly.
--Jer. iii.
10.
Feigned issue (Law), an issue produced in a pretended
action between two parties for the purpose of trying
before a jury a question of fact which it becomes
necessary to settle in the progress of a cause.
--Burill.
--Bouvier.
Wiktionary
n. (context legal English) An issue produced in a pretended action between two parties for the purpose of trying before a jury a question of fact which it becomes necessary to settle in the progress of a cause.