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Factum

A Law Dictionary and Glossary · George C. Kinney · 1893

A Law Dictionary and Glossary

I. A fact; a thing done; an act or deed; the execution of a will., Factum infettum Heri uequit: a thing done cannot be undone. Factum nou dicitur quod non perseverat: that is not said to be done which does not hold out. Factum probandum: a fact to be proved; the principal fact in a case. Factum probans: a proving or evidentiary fact. Factum uuius aiteri nocere non debet: the act or deed of one man ought not to prejudice another.

In old English law

Further, a fault; a culpable, unlawful or criminal act; a thing or deed done in writing. Factum indentatnm: a deed indented. Factum simplex: a deed poll. In the civil law. A thing done; an act or deed. Factum a judice, quod ad ofiieium ejus non pertinet, ratnm non est: an act done by a judge, which does not belong to his office, is not valid. Factum cuiqne suum, non adversario, nocere debet: a party's own act should prejudice himself, not his adversary. Factum negantis nulla probatio sit [est]: there is no proof incumbent upon him who denies a fact.