1. : fact in issue
2. : the ultimate fact or state of facts set forth in legal pleadings on which a verdict or finding is predicated as distinguished from the evidentiary facts offered to prove the ultimate fact or facts pleaded
1. : fact in issue
2. : the ultimate fact or state of facts set forth in legal pleadings on which a verdict or finding is predicated as distinguished from the evidentiary facts offered to prove the ultimate fact or facts pleaded
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012