Definition of Fact

FACT
Fully Automated Compiling Technique

fact
<artificial intelligence, programming> The kind of clause used in logic programming which has no subgoals and so is always true (always succeeds). E.g.
wet(water). male(denis).
This is in contrast to a rule which only succeeds if all its subgoals do. Rules usually contain logic variables, facts rarely do, except for oddities like "equal(X,X).".
(1996-10-20)

fact
A row in a fact table in a data warehouse. A fact contains values that define a data event such as a sales transaction.

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Noun
1. a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred; "first you must collect all the facts of the case"
(hypernym) information
(hyponym) case
2. a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened; "he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts"
(hypernym) information, info
(hyponym) record, record book, book
3. an event known to have happened or something known to have existed; "your fears have no basis in fact"; "how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell"
(hypernym) reality, realness, realism
4. a concept whose truth can be proved; "scientific hypotheses are not facts"
(hypernym) concept, conception, construct

FACT
guilt.

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fact
\fact\ (?), n. [l. factum, fr. facere to make or do. cf. feat, affair, benefit, defect, fashion, and -fy.]
1. a doing, making, or preparing. [obs.] a project for the fact and vending of a new kind of fucus, paint for ladies. jonson.
2. an effect produced or achieved; anything done or that comes to pass; an act; an event; a circumstance. what might instigate him to this devilish fact, i am not able to conjecture. he who most excels in fact of arms.
3. reality; actuality; truth; as, he, in fact, excelled all the rest; the fact is, he was beaten.
4. the assertion or statement of a thing done or existing; sometimes, even when false, improperly put, by a transfer of meaning, for the thing done, or supposed to be done; a thing supposed or asserted to be done; as, history abounds with false facts. i do not grant the fact. this reasoning is founded upon a fact which is not true. --roger long.
note: theterm fact has in jurisprudence peculiar uses in contrast with low; as, attorney at low, and attorney in fact; issue in low, and issue in fact. there is also a grand distinction between low and fact with reference to the province of the judge and that of the jury, the latter generally determining the fact, the former the low. bouvier.

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 matter-of-fact 
 fact-finding 
 fixed fact 
 fact mood 
 question of fact 
 in fact 
 matter of fact 
 accessary before the fact 
 accessary after the fact 
 the fact 
 finding of fact 
 as a matter of fact 
 in point of fact 
 presumption of fact 

fact
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Ffaith
Ffaith = n. a fact; an act

FACT
or by the judge, sitting as the trier of fact in a bench trial - but there are many facts which, not encompassing the principal matters at issue, may be decided by the court, such as whether a subpoena has or has not been served; if a party has or has not been summoned; etc.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

FACT or OPINION re Defamation
In libel and defamation actions it's a general rule that no remedy can be had for a statement that was issued in the form of an opinion.

The distinction between a statement of fact and one of opinion is frequently difficult. In characterizing a statement, courts must look at it not as lawyers and judges but by placing ourselves in the position of the hearer or reader, and determine the sense or meaning of the statement according to its natural and popular construction. In short, the measure is not the effect of the statement on a mind trained in the law, but by the natural and probable effect upon the mind of the average reader. (Baker v. Los Angeles Herald Examiner (1986) 42 Cal.3d 254, 260.) Accordingly, "what constitutes a statement of fact in one context may be treated as a statement of opinion in another, in light of the nature and content of the communication taken as a whole." (Gregory v. McDonnell Douglas Corp. (1976) 17 Cal.3d 596, 601.)

"For these reasons, California courts have developed a 'totality of the circumstances' test to determine whether an alleged defamatory statement is one of fact or of opinion. First, the language of the statement is examined. For words to be defamatory, they must be understood in a defamatory sense. Where the language of the statement is 'cautiously phrased in terms of apparency,' the statement is less likely to be reasonably understood as a statement of fact rather than opinion. Next, the context in which the statement was made must be considered. Since '[a] word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, [but] is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used,' the facts surrounding the publication must also be carefully considered.

"This contextual analysis demands that the courts look at the nature and full content of the communication and to the knowledge and understanding of the audience to whom the publication was directed. '"[T]he publication in question must be considered in its entirety; '[i]t may not be divided into segments and each portion treated as a separate unit.' It must be read as a whole in order to understand its import and the effect which it was calculated to have on the reader, and construed in the light of the whole scope and apparent object of the writer, considering not only the actual language used, but the sense and meaning which may have been fairly presumed to have been conveyed to those who read it. If the publication so construed is not reasonably susceptible of a defamatory meaning and cannot be reasonably understood in the defamatory sense, [the statement is not actionable]. (Baker, supra, 42 Cal.3d at pp. 260-261.)

Given the trial court's special role in ruling on dispositive motions in libel cases (the distinction between fact and opinion is a question for the court, not the jury) (Baker, supra, 42 Cal.3d at p. 260).

FACT
Flexible Automatic Circuit Tester

FACT
Flux Array Analysis Log

Fact
Abbreviation for "factory."

FACT
FACT is a classification tree program developed by Loh and Vanichestakul (1988) that is a precursor of the QUEST program. For discussion of the differences of FACT from other classification tree programs, see A Brief Comparison of Classification Tree Programs .

FACT
Cape Town D.F. Malan South Africa

Fact
Anything described and held to be true; any datum that, within the domain of an observer's powers, cannot be ignored, modified or explained away and must therefore be included in that observer's construct or model . Facts are contrasted with statements that are untrue or surmised, with untested hypotheses, beliefs and fantasies, and with phenomena that are subject to change, e.g., with a self-fulfilling hypothesis. (Krippendorff )

Fact
a statement that is objectively true and can be verified (would you believe it!)

FACT
First Albany Companies, Inc.
Exchange: Nasdaq
Holding company with subsidiaries which provide brokerage services to retail clients; Underwrite and distribute municipal and corporate securities; Provide securities clearance activities for other brokerage firms; Provide financial advisory services to its customers; Provide investment management services to individual and

Fact
kla-min (anc.)

fact
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