factual issue

collocation in English

meaningsoffactualandissue

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factual
adjective
uk
/ˈfæk.tʃu.əl/us
/ˈfæk.tʃu.əl/
using or consisting ...
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issue
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɪʃ.uː/us
/ˈɪʃ.uː/
a subject or problem that people are thinking and ...
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(Definition offactualandissuefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoffactual issue

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This is not a sectarian issue for us but afactualissue.
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Thisfactualissuehas always been debated in the context of policy decisions.
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That was thefactualissuein the case.
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That is thefactualissuewhich should determine whether one gets it through the freedom of information regime.
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First, it may be knowledge that his injury resulted from something which the defendant did, or did not do; this is a simple,factualissueof cause and effect.
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It is afactualissueof whether the behaviour has caused or is likely to cause harassment, alarm or distress to two or more persons not of the same household.
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It implies a hearing by a court, after notice, of legal evidence on thefactualissue(s) involved.
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Subjective foresight, like any otherfactualissue, may be proved by inference.
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Such an analysis can also account for legal disagreements that persist despite discussants' complete agreement on all factual issues.
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A short question and answer period took place following the reading of each pamphlet in an attempt to clarify factual issues.
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The ultimate contestedfactualissuein all of the trials was the identity of a man whose death far predated the availability of twentieth-century methods of identification.
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Supporters of the existing tort system, including consumer advocates, argue that reformers have misstated the existence of any realfactualissueand criticize tort reform as disguised corporate welfare.
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It is important that we begin this debate with the factual issues, which our citizens can identify with.
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Again there are unlikely to be any factual issues.
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Not only is the test limited to factual issues, they are issues which are tested once on application.
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All we have now is a number of very innocent, factual issues.
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He has to address all factual issues and set them out in sufficient detail to enable the board to assess their relative strengths and express a clear opinion.
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The court will not resolve factual issues as these are within the scope of the tribunal's inquiry.
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At this point the parties may also engage in pretrial motions to exclude or include particular legal or factual issues before trial.
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Waterstreet has appeared in many difficult trials involving complex social and factual issues.
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