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fact pattern

fact pattern noun: a set of relationships that have been established for an event from which a legal conclusion can be drawn.

Noun

fact pattern (plural fact patterns)

  1. A set of relationships that have been established for an event from which a legal conclusion can be drawn.
    • This simulation has four separate fact patterns, each followed by five legal conclusions relating to the fact pattern preceding those five numbered legal conclusions.2007, Patrick R. Delaney, O. Ray Whittington, Wiley CPA Examination Review 2007-2008, Problems and Solutions, →ISBN
    • Lack of desire to hurt is no defense: Beware a common trap: the fact pattern indicates that D did not want to harm (or at least physically injure) anyone. This doesn't matter — it's still f.m. if the death proximately results from the felony.2007, Steven L. Emanuel, Criminal Law, →ISBN, page 293

Forms of fact pattern

pluralfact patterns
alternative formfact-pattern

Questions about fact pattern

What does fact pattern mean?
Fact pattern means a set of relationships that have been established for an event from which a legal conclusion can be drawn.
What part of speech is fact pattern?
Fact pattern is a noun.
What is the plural of fact pattern?
The plural of fact pattern is fact patterns.

Words near fact pattern in the dictionary

  1. fact got
  2. fact is
  3. fact is stranger than fiction
  4. fact of life
  5. fact of the matter
  6. fact pattern
  7. fact patterns
  8. fact sheet
  9. fact sheets
  10. fact table
  11. fact tables

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