Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fact-pattern

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.50 in modern English

Syllables: fac-t--pat-tern
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

5

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of fact pattern.

Example Sentences

"For, the classic fact-pattern of mistake as to identity involves the defendant fraudulently representing to the complainant that he is X, obtaining goods on credit, selling those goods to Y, a bona fide purchaser for value without notice, and then absconding."
"The fact-pattern should not be read in one sitting and should not only be read once."
"Consider a fact-pattern that goes into elaborate detail about the citizenship of each of the parties, and how the amount in dispute in the litigation exceeds $75,000 exclusive of interests and costs."

Inflected Forms

fact-patterns (plural)

Questions

What does fact-pattern mean?: Alternative form of fact pattern.

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