Founded on a fiction; haying the character of a fiction; false, feigned, or pretended. Fictitious action. An action brought for the sole purpose of obtaining the opinion of the court on a point of law, not for the settlement of any actual controversy between the parties. Smith Junction Ry. Co., 29 Ind. 551. Fictitious name. A counterfeit, feigned, or pretended name taken by a … [Read more...]

L. Lat. A feud, fief, or fee. A right of using and enjoying forever the lands of another, which the lord grants on condition that the tenant shall render fealty, military duty, and other services. Spelman. Foudum antiquum. An ancient feud or fief; a fief descended to the vassal from his ancestors. 2 Bl. Comm. 212, 221. A fief which ancestors had possessed for more than four … [Read more...]

Practice. Suits brought. on pretended rights. 2. They are sometimes brought, usually on a pretended wager, for the purpose of obtaining the opinion of the court on a point of law. Courts of justice were constituted for the purpose of deciding really existing questions of right between parties, and they are not bound to answer impertinent questions which persons think proper to … [Read more...]

An indefinite expression for a small or limited number. In cases where exact description is required, the use of this word will not answer. Butts v. Stowe, 53 Vt 603; Allen v. Kirwan, 150 Pa. 612, 28 Ati. 495; Wheelock v. Noonaxi, 108 N. Y. 179, 15 N. E. 67, 2 Am. St Rep. 405. … [Read more...]

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