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fictitious
1. Not real; feigned: as, a fictitious - action, case, issue, name, party, payee. 2. Imaginary; unsubstancial: as, fictitious bail. 3. Not made in good faith: as, a fictitious bid. A fictitious case is a suit brought upon facts with respect to which no real controversy exists. Any attempt, by a mere colorable dispute, or where the appellant has become the sole party in interest, to get up a case for the opinion of the court, where there is no real and substancial controversy, is an abuse reprehended by the couts, and punishable as a contempt.
Source : William C. Anderson, A Dictionary of Law (1893)
Language : English