- 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.
Black's law dictionary. HENRY CAMPBELL BLACK, M. A.. 1990.
fictitious action
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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. See declaratory judgment feigned action feigned issue … Black's law dictionary
fictitious action — A feigned action. See feigned action … Ballentine's law dictionary
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Action N — The Action N ( pl. Akcja N , where N derived from Polish word Niemcy = Germans or Germany ) was a sequence of sabotage, subversion and black propaganda activities carried on by Polish resistance against occupation forces of Nazi Germany during… … Wikipedia
fictitious party — A party in whose name an action has been brought without any authority from him. If committed in any of the king s superior courts, it was punishable as a high contempt to bring an action in the name of a person who did not exist, or of one who… … Ballentine's law dictionary
fictitious stock — Watered stock. Corporate stock not actually paid up but issued as fully paid up. 19 Am J2d Corp § 764. fictitious suit. See feigned action … Ballentine's law dictionary
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Feigned action — is an action brought on a pretended right, when the plaintiff has no true cause of action, for some illegal purpose. In a feigned action the words of the writ are true; it differs from false action, in which case the words of the writ are false.… … Wikipedia
