Fiction
/ˈfɪkʃən/
Definitions
- (n.) A literary work based on imaginative narration rather than fact.
The novel is a work of fiction, not a biography.
- (n.) A statement or claim known to be false but presented as true, often in legal context.
The testimony was dismissed as fiction by the court.
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Commentary
In legal texts, distinguish between fiction as literary invention and legal fiction, which is a deliberately assumed fact used for legal reasoning.
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