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legal fictions

n. (legal fiction English)

Usage examples of "legal fictions".

Maria knew well how right Hollier was and that the money was really Arthur's money, in spite of all legal fictions.

Jews had to be careful about this, carefully constructing legal fictions in order to bend the rules.

His father-in-law was retaining control of his property through tenuous legal fictions, which put him -at the mercy of Christian associates.