De Foe.
This reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true.
Roger Long.
The term fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with law;
as, attorney at law, and attorney in fact; issue in law, and issue in
fact. There is also a grand distinction between law and fact with
reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter
generally determining the fact, the former the law. Burrill Bouvier.
[1913 Webster]
Accessary before, or after, the fact. See under Accessary. -- Matter of
fact, an actual occurrence; a verity; used adjectively: of or
pertaining to facts; prosaic; unimaginative; as, a matter-of-fact
narration.
Syn. -- Act; deed; performance; event; incident; occurrence;
circumstance.
Fac"tion (fk"shn), n. [L. factio a doing, a company of persons acting
together, a faction: cf. F. faction See Fashion.] 1. (Anc. Hist.) One
of the divisions or parties of charioteers (distinguished by their
colors) in the games of the circus.
2. A party, in political society, combined or acting in union, in
opposition to the government, or state; -- usually applied to a
minority, but it may be applied to a majority; a combination or clique
of partisans of any kind, acting for their own interests, especially if
greedy, clamorous, and reckless of the common good.