Definition of Question of fact

1. Noun. A disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide.

Exact synonyms: Matter Of Fact
Generic synonyms: Head, Question

Lexicographical Neighbors of Question Of Fact

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questers
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questing
questingly
questings
question
question-mark
question-master
question-masters
question mark
question marks
question master
question of fact (current term)
question of law
question sheet
question the question
question time
questionability
questionable
questionableness
questionably
questionaries
questionary
questioned
questioner
questioners
questioning

Literary usage of Question of fact

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"And the second says, '•That the question of fraudulent intent in all eases shall be deemed a question of fact." twenty-two sections. ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1913)
"This Is only a question of fact In Ledbetter v. Pinner, 120 NC 455, ... This was not an issue of fact, but a question of fact for the decision of the clerk ..."

3. A Treatise on the Law of Negligence by Thomas Gaskell Shearman, Amasa Angell Redfield (1888)
"... constitutes negligence, is generally a question of law ; but whether a particular negligence contributed to the catastrophe, is a question of fact (Cat- ..."

4. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1920)
"What may be negligence in one case may not Le want of ordinary care in another, and the question of negligence is, therefore, ultimately a question of fact, ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1888)
"WILLIAM PINKERTON, Piff, in Err., ¡346] EPIFANIO LEDOUX. (See 8. C. Reporter's ed. ОД-355.) Location of grant of ¡and—question of fact— description—delivery ..."

6. Cyclopedia of the Law of Private Corporations by William Meade Fletcher (1920)
"Whether corporation "doing business," a question of fact. The question as to whether a foreign corporation is doing business in the state without complying ..."

7. The Law and Practice in Bankruptcy Under the National Bankruptcy Act of 1898 by William Miller Collier, William Horace Hotchkiss, Frank Bixby Gilbert, Fred Eugene Rosbrook (1921)
"... was certified prior to receiving such information will disprove the intent to prefer.248 (IV) Belief of insolvency question of fact; burden of proof. ..."

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