Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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Fictitious
adj. Of or relating to a fiction, esp. a legal fiction
fictitious action
See ACTION.
fictitious action.
An action, usu. unethical, brought solely to obtain a judicial opinion on an issue of fact or law, rather than for the disposition of a controversy.
fictitious issue
See FEIGNED ISSUE.
fictitious name
See ASSUMED NAME; ALIAS.
fictitious person
See artificial person.
fictitious promise
See implied promise under PROMISE.
fictitious-payee rule
Commercial law. The principle that if a drawer or maker issues commercial paper to a payee whom the drawer or maker does not actually intend to have any interest in the instrument, an ensuing forgery of the payee's name will be effective to pass good title to later transferees. - Also termed padded payroll rule. fictitious person. See artificial person under PERSON.