factum
from
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Factum \Fac"tum\ (f[a^]k"t[u^]m), n.; pl. {Facta}. [L. See
{Fact}.]
1. (Law) A man's own act and deed; particularly:
(a) (Civil Law) Anything stated and made certain.
(b) (Testamentary Law) The due execution of a will,
including everything necessary to its validity.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Mach.) The product. See {Facient}, 2.
[1913 Webster]
from
Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856)
FACTUM, French law. A memoir which contains summarily the fact on which a
contest has happened, the means on which a party founds his pretensions,
with the refutation of the means of the adverse party. Vide Brief.
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