Physical Fact
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Kinney (1893)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A fact the existence of whtch may be perceived by the senses, such as Ihe sound of a pistol shot, a man running, impressions of feet on the ground. Burrill, Circ( Ev. 180.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
A fact, the existence of which is perceptible by the senses. “A fact considered to have its seat in some inanimate being, or, by virtue, not of the qualities by which it is constituted animate, but of those which it has in common with the class of inanimate beings.’' 1 Benth. Jud. Ev. 45.
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
In the law of evidence. A fact having a physical existence, as distinguished from a mere conception of the mind; one which is visible, audible, or palpable; such as the sound of a pistol shot, a man running, impressions of human feet on the ground. Burrill, Circ. Ev. 130. A fact considered to have its seat in some inanimate being, or, if in an animate being, by virtue, not of the qualities by which it is constiinted animate, but of those which it bas in common with the class of inanimate beings. 1 Benth. Jud. Ev. 45
Defined under Physical in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Law Dictionary and Glossary
George C. Kinney · 1893
A fact the senses.