FACTUM

n. deed, act (Latin); fact; statement of the facts in a legal case (Law)

A brief (latin "brevis", short) or factum (latin for "act" or "deed") is a written legal document used in various legal adversary systems that is presented to a court arguing why the party to the case should prevail. In England and Wales, the phrase refers to the papers given to a barrister when they are instructed.
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n. factum, deed, act (Latin)

A deed. a man's own act and deed.

When a man denies by his plea that he made a deed on which he is sued, be pleads non estfactum.

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.
   

This entry contains material from Bouvier's Legal Dictionary, a work published in the 1850's.

a deed| a document.