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Erewhon

the fictitious land described in the novel Erewhon by Samuel Butler

Pseudonym

A fictitious name assumed for the time as by an author a pen name an alias

blackacre

blackacre : a fictitious piece of real property used in the study of property law

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Commentitious

Fictitious or imaginary unreal as a commentitious system of religion

Bogus

Spurious fictitious sham a cant term originally applied to counterfeit coin and hence denoting anything counterfeit

Collusion

one common purpose - a concerted performance of a fabula disguised as a judicium - an unreal and fictitious pretence of a contest by confederates whose game is the same. As stated by Lord Selborne, L.C. in

Ejectment

the party in possession a declaration in which the plaintiff (John Doe) and the defendant (Richard Roe) were fictitious persons. The declaration stated that a lease of the premises in question for a term of years had

Recovery

to the entail remained undisturbed. This assurance consisted of two parts: (1) The recovery itself, which was a fictitious rea action in the Court of Common Pleas, carried on to judgment, and founded on the supposition of

King's Bench

formerly limited to trespass or injuries said to have been committed vi et armis, but by means of fictitious proceedings called Bill of Middlesex and Latitat (which see) it usurped jurisdiction over all personal actions; direct jurisdiction

Purport

Purport, has many shades of meanings. It means fictitious, what appears on the face of the instrument, the apparent and not the legal import and, therefore, any

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