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factum|ˈfæktəm|
[a. L. factum: see fact n. Cf. F. factum.]
1. Civil Law. ‘A person's act or deed; anything stated or made certain’ (Wharton 1848).
2. A statement of facts, or of the points in a case or controversy; a memorial. [After Fr. legal use.]
1773Gentl. Mag. XLIII. 587 An action was brought against M. de Voltaire, and an odious factum was drawn up in the printer's name. 1872W. H. Jervis Gallican Church I. xiii. 440 The curés of Paris and Rouen put forth a series of factums or memorials. 1886Sat. Rev. 6 Mar. 349/1 Not..a novel nor an historical monograph, but an elaborate factum.
†3. Math. The product of two or more factors multiplied together. Obs.
1748Hartley Observ. Man i. iii. 351 When the Factum of the proper Powers of all the Quantities is so. 1817H. T. Colebrooke Algebra xvii, A factum of two unknown quantities. |