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legal fiction

fact assumed or created by courts which is then used in order to apply a legal rule
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legal fiction

Summary

legal fiction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (646 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • legal fiction is a type of legal term or legal concept[2].
  • legal fiction's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Legal fictions[3].
  • legal fiction's described by source is recorded as Otto's encyclopedia[4].
  • legal fiction's described by source is recorded as English-Chinese Dictionary of Anglo-American Law[5].
  • legal fiction's described by source is recorded as Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[6].
  • legal fiction's described by source is recorded as Pauly–Wissowa[7].

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Definition and Type

legal fiction is a type of legal term or legal concept[2].

Why It Matters

legal fiction ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (646 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[8] It is known by 14 alternative names across languages and contexts.[9]

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  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 5w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-07-06 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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    Described by source → Otto's encyclopedia, English-Chinese Dictionary of Anglo-American Law, Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition +1
    Subclass of → legal term or legal concept
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