Distinctive Features of the Legal Fiction
In the article distinctive features of the legal fiction, as its falseness, incontrovertibility, formality, categoricalness, obligation, obviousness, legality, intentional creation, conditionality, ability of legal fictions to create each other, narrowness of its interpretation, universality, rarity and exclusivity, special purpose, etc., described in the modern legal science, are revealed and analyzed. The expediency (inexpediency) and validity of distinguishing some features of the legal fiction are confirmed by the examples of the current legislation of the Republic of Belarus. Based on the distinctive features, proved by the author, the definition of the legal fiction, reflecting the specifics of its legal nature, is formulated.