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To feign or simulate; to hold that out as real which is false or baseless. Rrown v. Perez (Tex. Civ. App.) 25 S. W. 9S3; Powell v. Yeazel, 40 Neb. 225, 04 N. W. 095. As to the rule against the buying and selling of “any pretended right or title,” see PUETENSED RIGHT OR TITLE.

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