Matter in issue
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
That upon which the plaintiff proceeds in his action, and whieh the defendant controverts by his pleadings, not including facts offered in evidence to establish the matters in issue, 15 N. H. 9. That ultimate fact or state of facts in dispute upon which the verdict or finding is predicated. 4 Fed. Rep. 386, See 2 Black, Judgm. § 614, and cases cited. Matter in ley ne serra mise in boutche del jurors.
Jenk. Cent. 180.
Matter of law shall not be put into the mouth of the jurors.