Fact Law and Legal Definition
Fact refers to something done or performed or something that has occurred for sure. Facts are statements that are held to be the truth or reality. It may be a statement that can be checked and confirmed. Matters of fact could have various definitions under common law jurisdictions. For e.g., in legal pleadings, facts could be necessary to demonstrate a cause of action. Fact could refer to determinations made by a finder of fact after evaluating evidence. It could also refer to various matters subject to investigation by official authority to establish whether a crime has been perpetrated, and to establish culpability.
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
