Background Fact Law and Legal Definition
Background facts refer to those facts which help an observer to understand the origins of a specific legal issue or dispute. These facts may actually be not necessary to answer any question of law. In court, the background facts help the judges and juries to evaluate the intention of the parties and to evaluate the credibility of witnesses.
Legal Definition list
Related Legal Terms
- Accessory After the Fact
- Accessory Before The Fact
- Accord and Satisfaction
- Account Receivable Factoring
- Acquittal in Fact
- Actio in Factum
- Actus Me Invite Factus Non Est Meus Actus
- Ad Quaestiones Facti Non Respondent Judices; Ad Quaestione Legis Non Respondent Juratores
- Ademption by Satisfaction
- Adjudicative Fact
