Evidently, the term “legal fiction” connotes a combination of law and fiction. At a first look, the two concepts seem opposed, contradictory and likely impossible to reconcile. The reason is that law, notably when expressed in the rule of law, can be considered a source of certainty and predictability, whereas fiction is attributed more to literature, where it is the general term for invented stories, as told in novels, short stories, or other narrative works. In other words, one may ask whether a “legal fiction” thus constitutes an oxymoron, or contradictio in adiecto to be linguistically more precise?