fait accompli accomplished fact | an irreversible accomplishment |
Attorney General Attorney General of the United States | the position of the head of the Justice Department and the chief law enforcement officer of the United States, the post of Attorney General was created in |
fraud in fact positive fraud | actual deceit, concealing something or making a false representation with an evil intent to cause injury to another |
verdict finding of fact | (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision, can be used in formulating a judgment |
right to an attorney | a civil right guaranteed by the th amendment to the US Constitution |
fact | a piece of information about circumstances that exist or events that have occurred, first you must collect all the facts of the case |
matter of fact | a matter that is an actual fact or is demonstrable as a fact |
scientific fact | an observation that has been confirmed repeatedly and is accepted as true (although its truth is never final) |
fact | a concept whose truth can be proved, scientific hypotheses are not facts |
power of attorney | a legal instrument authorizing someone to act as the grantor's agent |
fact | a statement or assertion of verified information about something that is the case or has happened, he supported his argument with an impressive array of facts |
question of fact matter of fact | a disputed factual contention that is generally left for a jury to decide |
accessory after the fact | a person who gives assistance or comfort to someone known to be a felon or known to be sought in connection with the commission of a felony |
accessory before the fact | a person who procures or advises or commands the commission of a felony but who is not present at its perpetration |
accessory during the fact | a person who witnesses a crime but does not try to prevent it |
attorney general | the chief law officer of a country or state |
defense attorney defense lawyer | the lawyer representing the defendant |
district attorney DA | an official prosecutor for a judicial district |
lawyer attorney | a professional person authorized to practice law, conducts lawsuits or gives legal advice |
prosecutor public prosecutor prosecuting officer prosecuting attorney | a government official who conducts criminal prosecutions on behalf of the state |
Attorney General United States Attorney General US Attorney General | the person who holds the position of secretary of the Justice Department, Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General, appointed by President Washington |
state's attorney state attorney | a prosecuting attorney for a state |
trial attorney trial lawyer | a lawyer who specializes in defending clients before a court of law |
indicative mood indicative declarative mood declarative common mood fact mood | a mood (grammatically unmarked) that represents the act or state as an objective fact |
fact | an event known to have happened or something known to have existed, your fears have no basis in fact, how much of the story is fact and how much fiction is hard to tell |
counterfactual contrary to fact | going counter to the facts (usually as a hypothesis) |
fact-finding investigative investigatory | designed to find information or ascertain facts, a fact-finding committee, investigative reporting |
matter-of-fact pragmatic pragmatical | concerned with practical matters, a matter-of-fact (or pragmatic) approach to the problem, a matter-of-fact account of the trip |
matter-of-fact prosaic | not fanciful or imaginative, local guides describe the history of various places in matter-of-fact tones, a prosaic and unimaginative essay |
in fact in point of fact as a matter of fact | in reality or actuality, in fact, it was a wonder anyone survived, painters who are in fact anything but unsophisticated, as a matter of fact, he is several inches taller than his father |