Feigned or Feigned issue, p. a.

participial adjective

(fānd), p. a. Pretended; counterfeit; simulating. “A feigned friend.” Shak.

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. Burrill. Bouvier.