There is no fiction without law.

Explanation

Legal fictions exist only because the law creates and sanctions them for a specific purpose — no court may invent a fiction without lawful authority.

Where this applies

• A court creates a legal fiction without any basis in law.
• A judicial construct is challenged as having no statutory or common law authorization.

See also

• 1.5.20 Reason is the soul of law; when the reason of the law changes, the law itself changes.
• 1.6.1 Legal form is essential form.