feigned action

from Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
FEIGNED ACTION, practice. An action brought on a pretended right, when the 
plaintiff has no true cause of action, for some illegal purpose. In a 
feigned action the words of the writ are true; it differs from false action, 
in which case the words of the writ are false. Co. Litt. 361, sect. 689. 
Vide Fictitious action. 
    

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