What is an assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth. Wharton called?
fiction — (Law) An assumption of a possible thing as a fact, irrespective of the question of its truth. Wharton. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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