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Relative Fact

Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

In the law of evidence. A fact having relation to another fact; a minor fact; a circumstance. Burr. Circ. Ev. 121, note (d).

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A circumstance; a fact relating to another fact.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

A fact having relation to another fact; a minor fact; a circumstance. Burril, Circ. Ev. 121. See Relevancy.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

In the law of evidence. A fact having relation to another fact; a minor fact; a circumstance.

Defined under Relative in Black's Law Dictionary.