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legal fiction

legal fiction noun: an assumption, not necessarily true, made by a court in order to apply a legal rule.

Noun

legal fiction (plural legal fictions)

  1. An assumption, not necessarily true, made by a court in order to apply a legal rule.

legal fiction meaning in Tamil

legal fiction in Tamil

சட்டப் புனைவு

Forms of legal fiction

plurallegal fictions

Questions about legal fiction

What does legal fiction mean?
Legal fiction means an assumption, not necessarily true, made by a court in order to apply a legal rule.
What is legal fiction in Tamil?
Legal fiction in Tamil is சட்டப் புனைவு. See Legal fiction meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is legal fiction?
Legal fiction is a noun.
What is the plural of legal fiction?
The plural of legal fiction is legal fictions.

Words near legal fiction in the dictionary

  1. legal effect and consequence
  2. legal effects
  3. legal effects and consequences
  4. legal entities
  5. legal entity
  6. legal fiction
  7. legal fictions
  8. legal force
  9. legal forces
  10. legal gap
  11. legal gaps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: legal fiction (page history and authors); legal fiction (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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