factum

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noun

Somebody's own act and deed.

“Fraud in the factum”

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Meanings

nounfactum (plural facta or factums)

plural facta · plural factums

  1. lawSomebody's own act and deed.

    Fraud in the factum

    1. civil lawlawAnything stated and made certain.
    2. lawThe due execution of a will, including everything necessary to its validity.
    3. CanadalawA statement of fact and law delivered before a court.

      But according to a factum filed by Crown prosecutors, Shaikh's status was "confidential informer," therefore RCMP did not direct him about what to do at the camp.

      2009 January 31, Isabel Teotonio, “Police mole trapped teen, court told”, in Toronto Star
  2. obsoletemathematicsA product (result of multiplying two numbers).

Origin

  1. Latinfactum
  2. Englishfactum

From Latin factum. See fact.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “factum,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/factum.

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