legal fiction
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflegalandfiction
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legal
adjective
uk/ˈliː.ɡəl/us/ˈliː.ɡəl/
connected with ...
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fiction
noun
uk/ˈfɪk.ʃən/us/ˈfɪk.ʃən/
the type of book or story that is written about imaginary characters and events and not based on real people ...
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(Definition oflegalandfictionfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesoflegal fiction
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But, as such, most of the critical instances can be assimilated only by something close to alegalfiction.
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The theory of the corporation as alegalfictionhas been variously expounded.
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Although thislegalfictionis still widespread, a number of factors have challenged its logic.
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The latter is said to prefer "legalfiction" to "simple fact" (84n).
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Clearly, the first step is something of alegalfiction: all behavior is accompanied by risks in some sense.
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The outcome of the preceding argument may be briefly expressed by saying that the corporation is a person, and that this person is not alegalfiction.
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In other words, this is not a linguistic fact but a convenientlegalfiction, developed at a time when the subjects of legislative statements were likely to be males.
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This amendment introduces what will become a statutorylegalfictionwith regard to an age limit.
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In the case we are considering adoption is alegalfiction.
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Whatever else adoption is, it is not alegalfiction: it is a legal fact.
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Secondly, the samelegalfictioncan be applied if the natural parents become married after the child is born.
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If a body corporate is found guilty it is not normally possible to imprison it, as it is only alegalfiction.
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They are not, save bylegalfiction, separate entities distinct from their shareholders.
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This is, in its way, alegalfiction.
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But there comes a limit beyond which one should not proceed bylegalfictionin modern legislation.
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In the first place, there is thelegalfictionto-day about the annoyance of the person solicited.
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The difficulty, as lawyers will understand, is that land law is essentially alegalfictionor structure.
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Let us remember that these autonomous republics, even as alegalfiction, do not own their own natural resources.
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That, of course, was a purelegalfiction.
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