In Fact

Actual; not based on legal fiction or intendment of law. IN FACTO In fact; in deed. In faeto dicit, in fact says. 1 Salk. 22, pi. 1. Depending on faet. Calv. Lex. IN FAOTO QUOD 8E HABET AD BOnum et malum magle de bono quam de male lex Intendlt. In a deed which may be considered good or bad, the law looks more to the good than tti the bad. Co. Litt. 78. IN (8r EN) FAIT (Law R-.) In facti In de%d. Lord Coke distinguishes "matters di IN FAV0RABILIBU3 MAGIS ATTENDItur quod prodest quam quod nocet. In things favored, what does good is more regarded than what does harm. Bac. Max. reg. 12. IN FAVOREM LIBERATI8 (Lat) In favor of liberty. IN FAVOREM VITAE (Lat) In favor of life.

Words used in pleading to introduce an amount of fact, — as “the said plaintiff (or defendant) further in fact salth,” — vindicating that what follows is a statement of acts of parties as distinguished from a legal conclusion or intendment The latter in equity pleading, when it may frequently be proper, after a statement of the facts on which the conclusion- rests, begins, — “and the defendant is advised that, etc.” When pleadings were in Latin the words in facto were used, thus in facto dicit, he, in fact, says. See 1 Salk. 22 PI. 1. IN FAVOREM LIBERTATIS (Lat). In favor of liberty. IN FAVOREM VIT/E (Lat). In favor of life.

Actual, real; as distinguished from implied or inferred. Resulting from the acts of parties, instead of from the act or intendment of law.