Legal Definition and Related Resources of Factum

An act or deed

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Factum in the Dictionary of Law consisting of Judicial Definitions and Explanations of Words, Phrases and Maxims

A thing done; a fact. See Factum.
Latin. A thing done; a deed; a fact. Compare Fait.

Note: This legal definition of Factum in the Dictionary of Law (English and American Jurisprudence) is from 1893.

Factum in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of factum.

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See Also

• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police Work
• Law Enforcement Agency

Further Reading

• factum in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• factum in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

English Legal System: Factum

In the context of the English law, A Dictionary of Law provides the following legal concept of Factum :

(Latin)

1. A *fact or statement of facts. For example, a factum probans (pl. facta probantia) is a fact offered in evidence as proof of another fact, and a factum probandum (pl. facta probanda) is a fact that needs to be proved.

2. An act or deed.

See also non est factum.

Concept of “Factum”

Traditional meaning of factum [plural is facta] in English (with some legal use of this latin concept in England and the United States in the XIX Century) [1]: (in Latin) A thing done; a deed; a fact. De facto: in fact.

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Notes and References

1. Based on A Concise Law Dictionary of Words, Phrases and Maxims, “Factum, Pl. Facta “, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company, 1911, United States. It is also called the Stimson’s Law dictionary. This term and/or definition may be absolete.

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