Factum

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Factum \Fac"tum\ (f[a^]k"t[u^]m), n.; pl. {Facta}. [L. See
     {Fact}.]
     1. (Law) A man's own act and deed; particularly:
        (a) (Civil Law) Anything stated and made certain.
        (b) (Testamentary Law) The due execution of a will,
            including everything necessary to its validity.


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     2. (Mach.) The product. See {Facient}, 2.
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From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  FACTUM. A deed. a man's own act and deed.
       2. When a man denies by his plea that he made a deed on which he is 
  sued, be pleads non est factum. (q.v.) Vide Deed; Fait. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) [bouvier]:

  FACTUM, French law. A memoir which contains summarily the fact on which a 
  contest has happened, the means on which a party founds his pretensions, 
  with the refutation of the means of the adverse party. Vide Brief.