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facultative certificate (fak-<<schwa>>l-tay-tiv).Insurance. A contract of reinsurance separately negotiated to cover risks under a single insurance policy. • Facultative reinsurance allows the reinsurer the “faculty” of assessing and possibly rejecting a particular risk (esp. if underwriting information is inadequate). [Cases: Insurance 3605. C.J.S. Insurance § 1504.][Blacks Law 8th]

fact work product.See WORK PRODUCT.[Blacks Law 8th]

factum of a will.The formal ceremony of making a will; a will’s execution by the testator and attestation by the witnesses.[Blacks Law 8th]

factum (fak-t<<schwa>>m), n.[Latin] 1. A fact, such as a person’s physical presence in a new domicile. 2. An act or deed, such as the due execution of a will. • Over time, factum in this sense came to mean “charter” — that is, the act or deed of conveying land, reduced to written form. See…

factual presumption.See presumption of fact under PRESUMPTION.[Blacks Law 8th]

factual impossibility.See IMPOSSIBILITY.[Blacks Law 8th]

factual cause.See but-for cause under CAUSE(1).[Blacks Law 8th]

fact-trier. See FACT-FINDER.[Blacks Law 8th]

fact question.See QUESTION OF FACT[Blacks Law 8th]

fact pleading.See code pleading under PLEADING(2).[Blacks Law 8th]