Law Dictionary Definitions

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]

factory act.A statute that regulates workers’ hours, health, and safety. See FAIR LABOR STANDARDS ACT.[Blacks Law 8th]

factor’s lien.See LIEN.[Blacks Law 8th]

factor’s act.A statute protecting one who buys goods from a factor or agent by creating the presumption that the agent was acting on the owner’s behalf and with the owner’s approval. [Cases: Factors 58.][Blacks Law 8th]

factorizing process.A procedure or legal process by which a third party, rather than the creditor, attaches a debtor’s property; GARNISHMENT. — Also termed trustee process; process by foreign attachment. [Cases: Garnishment 1.] “In Vermont and Connecticut, the [garnishee] is also sometimes called the factor, and the process [of garnishing], factorizing process.” Charles D. Drake, A…

factorize (fak-t<<schwa>>-rIz), vb.1.GARNISH(2).2.GARNISH(3).[Blacks Law 8th]