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• fact — n [Latin factum deed, real happening, something done, from neuter of factus, past participle of facere to do, make] 1: something that has actual existence: a matter of objective reality 2: any of the circumstances of a case that exist or are… …   Law dictionary

• Fact — For other uses, see Fact (disambiguation). A fact (derived from the Latin Factum, see below) is something that has really occurred or is actually the case. The usual test for a statement of fact is verifiability, that is whether it can be shown… …   Wikipedia

• Established Church of Scotland —     Established Church of Scotland     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Established Church of Scotland     The religious organization which has for three centuries and a half claimed the adherence of the majority of the inhabitants of Scotland, may be… …   Catholic encyclopedia

• fact — n. something that is true 1) to ascertain, establish a fact 2) to check, confirm, verify a fact 3) to cite; collect, gather, marshal; present (the) facts 4) to classify; evaluate, interpret (the) facts 5) to face (the) facts 6) to distort, twist; …   Combinatory dictionary

• Established — Establish Es*tab lish, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Established}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Establishing}.] [OE. establissen, OF. establir, F. [ e]tablir, fr. L. stabilire, fr. stabilis firm, steady, stable. See {Stable}, a., { ish}, and cf. {Stablish}.] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• FACT Act — Fair and Accurate Transactions Act (FACT Act) Consumer protection legislation enacted in 2003. The FACT Act, permanently established the Fair Credit Reporting Act s federal pre emption to those areas typically governed by the Fair Credit… …   Financial and business terms

• established — adjective 1. brought about or set up or accepted; especially long established (Freq. 7) the established social order distrust the constituted authority a team established as a member of a major league enjoyed his prestige as an established writer …   Useful english dictionary

• accomplished fact — established fact, something that has already been proven …   English contemporary dictionary

• Evolution as fact and theory — Part of a series on Evolutionary Biology …   Wikipedia

• Evolution as theory and fact — Evolution is both theory and fact. This statement, or something similar, is frequently seen in biological literature. cite web | url = http://www.talkorigins.org/faqs/evolution fact.html | title = Evolution is a Fact and a Theory | first =… …   Wikipedia

• given that — given, given that These are used as a preposition and conjunction (introducing a subordinate clause) respectively with the meaning ‘(it being) granted or assumed (that)’. The history of their use shows them to be free of the need to be attached… …   Modern English usage