feigned issue

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feigned issue - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Feigned \Feigned\, a.
     Not real or genuine; pretended; counterfeit; insincere;
     false. "A feigned friend." --Shak.
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           Give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned
           lips.                                    --Ps. xvii. 1.
     -- Feign"ed*ly, adv. -- Feign"ed*ness, n.
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           Her treacherous sister Judah hath not turned unto me
           with her whole heart, but feignedly.     --Jer. iii.
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     Feigned issue (Law), an issue produced in a pretended
        action between two parties for the purpose of trying
        before a jury a question of fact which it becomes
        necessary to settle in the progress of a cause. --Burill.
        --Bouvier.
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