Legal fictions

threshold of adulthood as it pertains to law

province claimed but not controlled by the People's Republic of China

international law term meaning territory which has never been the subject of a sovereign nation

in Commonwealth realms, corporation sole of the head of state

fact assumed or created by courts which is then used in order to apply a legal rule

A quasi-contract (or implied-in-law contract or constructive contract) is a fictional contract recognised by a court. The notion of a quasi-contract can be traced to Roman law and is still a concept used in some modern legal systems. Quasi contract laws have been deduced from the Latin statement "", which proclaims that no one should grow rich out of another person's loss. It was one of the central doctrines of Roman law.

Obsolete administrative area in England

Coverture was a legal doctrine in English common law under which a married woman's legal existence was considered to be merged with that of her husband. Upon marriage, she had no independent legal existence of her own, in keeping with society's expectation that her husband was to provide for and protect her. Under coverture a woman became a , whose legal rights and obligations were mostly subsumed by those of her husband. An unmarried woman, or , retained the right to own property and make contracts in her own name.

legal term

ownership of real property that is independent of any superior landlord