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Fictions

Things the law treats as true even when they are not, and how far that goes.

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Constitutional3

Administrative4

Deemed Sanction for ProsecutionWanted
Deemed Confirmation of a ProbationerWanted
Deemed Refusal of InformationWanted
Deemed UniversityWanted

Criminal5

Constructive Liability of an Unlawful AssemblyWanted
The Child Incapable of CrimeWanted
Presumed Knowledge of LawWanted
Abettor Present at the OffenceWanted
Presumption of Culpable Mental StateWanted

Evidence8

The Presumption of DeathWanted
Conclusive Proof of LegitimacyWanted
The Prudent ManWanted
Presumptions in Dowry CasesWanted
Presumption of Absence of ConsentWanted
Possession of Recently Stolen GoodsWanted
Regularity of Official ActsWanted
Thirty-Year-Old DocumentsWanted

Civil Procedure7

Contract1

Agency of NecessityWanted

Tort2

The Reasonable PersonWanted
Notional Income of a HomemakerWanted

Property9

The Deity as a Juristic PersonWanted
Constructive NoticeWanted
The Lost GrantWanted
Transfer for the Benefit of an Unborn PersonWanted
Constructive PossessionWanted
The Constructive TrustWanted
Holding OverWanted
Deemed Lapse of Land AcquisitionWanted
Deemed Purchase by the TenantWanted

Family9

Notional PartitionWanted
Relation Back in AdoptionWanted
Legitimate Children of Void MarriagesWanted
The Adopted Child as Natural-BornWanted
Marriage Presumed from CohabitationWanted
The Child in the WombWanted
Simultaneous DeathsWanted
Constructive DesertionWanted
Acknowledgment of PaternityWanted

Corporate6

The Company as a PersonWanted
The Director Deemed GuiltyWanted
The Private Subsidiary of a Public CompanyWanted
The Partner by Holding OutWanted
The Firm NameWanted
Deemed ProspectusWanted

Competition2

Presumption of Appreciable Adverse EffectWanted
Deemed Approval of CombinationsWanted

Securities3

Banking2

The MoratoriumWanted
Presumption in Favour of the Holder of a ChequeWanted

Tax12

Deemed DividendWanted
The Deemed OwnerWanted
Unexplained Money as IncomeWanted
Deemed SalesWanted
Income of Spouse and Minor ChildWanted
Income Deemed to Accrue in IndiaWanted
Notional RentWanted
Stamp Duty Value as ConsiderationWanted
Receipts without Consideration Deemed IncomeWanted
Book ProfitWanted
Presumptive TaxationWanted
Deemed ResidentWanted

Labour5

Continuous ServiceWanted
The Principal EmployerWanted
Deemed Permission for Closure and RetrenchmentWanted
Individual Dispute as Industrial DisputeWanted
Model Standing Orders Deemed AdoptedWanted

IP3

Tech & Data1

Legitimate Uses without ConsentWanted

Environment1

Rivers and Nature as Legal PersonsWanted

Arbitration2

The Award as a DecreeWanted
Settlement as an Arbitral AwardWanted

International (Public)3

Jurisprudence1

Declaratory Theory of Judicial DecisionsWanted

Legal History1

The State as SuccessorWanted

Interpretation1

Deeming ProvisionsWanted