The surrounding Adirondack forest had already reclaimed it, and now it was a legal fact.

That is a legal fact, not a negotiating posture.

But the legal fact had no reality for MacRae.

Tut, tut, Dauphin; precedent and code and legal fact are only good when there's brain behind 'em.

This was not an attitude, it was legal fact and this was just 100 years ago, said Adie.

That looks suspiciously like leaving the single market and customs union in legal fact, but not in technical practice.

I'm here as part of a legal fact-finding mission regarding improper use of UN funds and material for a secret biological weapon project on Io.

People should not make accusations without legal facts that they can be held accountable for, said one member of the assembly, Firman Subagyo.

"Yes, Monsieur, and sound advice too, within the law-precedent and code and every legal fact behind."

"Yes, Monsieur, and sound advice too, within the law-precedent and code and every legal fact behind." The Seigneur was a man of laconic speech.