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matter of factnoun(by extension) A point of fact; a claim or statement about (empirical) facts, as opposed to conjecture or opinion.
factumnoun(law) Somebody's own act and deed.
legal fictionnounAn assumption, not necessarily true, made by a court in order to apply a legal rule.
fictionnoun(literature) Literary type using invented or imaginative writing, instead of real facts, usually written as prose.
trier of factnoun(law) A person or group of people given the responsibility of determining the facts of a case from evidence presented in a legal proceeding.
briefOf short duration; happening quickly.
test casenoun(computing) Any of a set of conditions and variables used to test an application.
privitynoun(law) A relationship between parties seen as being a result of their mutual interest or participation in a given transaction, e.g. contract, estate, etc.
testcasenounAlternative form of test case. [(law) A legal action intended to set a precedent.]
legal consequencenounA particular state of the rights in consequence of a defined state or course of things.
material factnoun(law) A fact essential to make a case or a defense, or the absence of which negates a case or defense.
case notenoun(chiefly in the plural) A note about a case by a doctor, lawyer, therapist, or similar professional.
case reportnoun(medicine) A detailed report of the symptoms, signs, diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of an individual patient, possibly containing a demographic profile of the patient, but usually describing an unusual or novel occurrence.
issuenounThe action or an instance of flowing or coming out, an outflow, particularly:
condition subsequentnoun(law) A condition depending upon an uncertain event which, if fulfilled, brings an end to an obligation or legal transaction.
conclusive presumptionnoun(law) A matter that is deemed by law to be true, and therefore provides no opportunity for evidence to the contrary to be presented.
leading casenoun(chiefly UK, Australia, Canada, Commonwealth, law) A reported decision which has come to be regarded as settling the law of the question involved.
legal effectnounThe condition of having any influence on the legal state of things, of being legally in force.
matter of recordnounA fact or statement that is recorded in governmental records or in publications.
condition precedentnoun(law) a condition imposed on an agreement that must be satisfied before property is transferred between parties.

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