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  2. Legal fiction - Wikipedia

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    Legal fictions are different from legal presumptions which assume a certain state of facts until the opposite is proved, such as the presumption of legitimacy. The term legal fiction is sometimes used in a pejorative way. Jeremy Bentham was a famous historical critic of legal fictions.

  3. Category:Legal fictions - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Legal fictions" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  4. Constructive possession - Wikipedia

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    Constructive possession [1] is a legal fiction to describe a situation in which an individual has actual control over chattels or real property without actually having physical control of the same assets. At law, a person with constructive possession stands in the same legal position as someone with actual possession.

  5. Law firms in fiction - Wikipedia

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    The Law Offices of Harry Rex Vonner in John Grisham's short story "Fish Files" Haskins, Haskins & Purbright, law firm in Jeffrey Archer's short story "Where There's a Will" The Law Offices of Jacob McKinley Stafford, LLC, in John Grisham's short story "Fish Files" The Law Offices of John L. McAvoy in The Associate by John Grisham

  6. Constructive notice - Wikipedia

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    The harshness of the doctrine of constructive notice is somewhat reduced by the "Rule of Indoor management" or "Turquand's Rule". The rule derives its name from the case of Royal British Bank v Turquand, where the defendant was the liquidator of the insolvent Cameron's Coalbrook Steam, Coal and Swansea and Loughor Railway Company.

  7. Category:Fictional laws - Wikipedia

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  8. Person having ordinary skill in the art - Wikipedia

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    A person having ordinary skill in the art is a legal fiction first codified in the Patent Act of 1952. [6] The PHOSITA is a test of "obviousness" which is one of the largest gray areas in patent law. The concept was carried over into the Leahy–Smith America Invents Act:

  9. Category:Fiction about law - Wikipedia

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    Fiction that involves law and legal themes. Subcategories. This category has the following 16 subcategories, out of 16 total. * Comics about law (6 P) Fictional laws ...