Factors

Facts

digraph inheritanced6a7a1dba8 { bgcolor=transparent; rankdir=LR; size="8.0, 12.0"; "ABC" [URL="https://docs.python.org/3/library/abc.html#abc.ABC",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Helper class that provides a standard way to create an ABC using"]; "BaseModel" [fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",tooltip="Usage docs: https://docs.pydantic.dev/2.10/concepts/models/"]; "Comparable" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/comparable.html#nettlesome.terms.Comparable",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Objects that can be compared for implication, same meaning, contradiction, and consistency."]; "ABC" -> "Comparable" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Fact" [URL="#authorityspoke.facts.Fact",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="An assertion accepted as factual by a court."]; "Factor" -> "Fact" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "BaseModel" -> "Fact" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Factor" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/factors.html#nettlesome.factors.Factor",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="A thing that can be asserted to be present or absent."]; "Term" -> "Factor" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Term" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/terms.html#nettlesome.terms.Term",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Things that can be referenced in a Statement."]; "Comparable" -> "Term" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; }
class authorityspoke.facts.Fact(**data)

An assertion accepted as factual by a court.

Often based on factfinding by a judge or jury.

Facts may be “alleged” by a pleading, “supported” by evidence, or “found” to be factual by a jury verdict or a judge’s finding of fact.

Parameters:

  • predicate – a natural-language clause with zero or more slots to insert terms that are typically the subject and objects of the clause.

  • terms – a series of Factor objects that fill in the blank spaces in the predicate statement.

  • name – an identifier for this object, often used if the object needs to be referred to multiple times in the process of composing other Factor objects.

  • standard_of_proof – a descriptor for the degree of certainty associated with the assertion in the predicate.

  • absent – whether the absence, rather than the presence, of the legal fact described above is being asserted.

  • generic – whether this object could be replaced by another generic object of the same class without changing the truth of the Rule in which it is mentioned.

Attr standards_of_proof:

a tuple with every allowable name for a standard of proof, in order from weakest to strongest.

Exhibits

digraph inheritancec91539059e { bgcolor=transparent; rankdir=LR; size="8.0, 12.0"; "ABC" [URL="https://docs.python.org/3/library/abc.html#abc.ABC",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Helper class that provides a standard way to create an ABC using"]; "BaseModel" [fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",tooltip="Usage docs: https://docs.pydantic.dev/2.10/concepts/models/"]; "Comparable" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/comparable.html#nettlesome.terms.Comparable",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Objects that can be compared for implication, same meaning, contradiction, and consistency."]; "ABC" -> "Comparable" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Exhibit" [URL="#authorityspoke.facts.Exhibit",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="A source of information for use in litigation."]; "Factor" -> "Exhibit" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "BaseModel" -> "Exhibit" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Factor" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/factors.html#nettlesome.factors.Factor",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="A thing that can be asserted to be present or absent."]; "Term" -> "Factor" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Term" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/terms.html#nettlesome.terms.Term",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Things that can be referenced in a Statement."]; "Comparable" -> "Term" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; }
class authorityspoke.facts.Exhibit(**data)

A source of information for use in litigation.

Parameters:

  • form – a term describing the category of exhibit. For example: testimony, declaration, document, or recording.

  • statement – a fact assertion made via the exhibit. For instance, if the exhibit is a document, this parameter could refer to a statement printed on the document.

  • statement_attribution – the Entity that the exhibit imputes the statement to. For instance, for a signed declaration, this would refer to the person whose signature appears on the declaration, regardless of any authentication concerns. The statement_attribution parameter may appear without the statement parameter, especially if the content of the statement is irrelevant.

  • name – a string identifier for the exhibit

  • absent – if True, indicates that no exhibit meeting the description exists in the litigation. If the exhibit has merely been rejected as evidence, use the absent attribute on an Evidence object instead.

  • generic – if True, indicates that the specific attributes of the exhibit are irrelevant in the context of the Holding where the exhibit is being referenced.

Evidence

digraph inheritanceb3310923a2 { bgcolor=transparent; rankdir=LR; size="8.0, 12.0"; "ABC" [URL="https://docs.python.org/3/library/abc.html#abc.ABC",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Helper class that provides a standard way to create an ABC using"]; "BaseModel" [fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",tooltip="Usage docs: https://docs.pydantic.dev/2.10/concepts/models/"]; "Comparable" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/comparable.html#nettlesome.terms.Comparable",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Objects that can be compared for implication, same meaning, contradiction, and consistency."]; "ABC" -> "Comparable" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Evidence" [URL="#authorityspoke.facts.Evidence",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="An :class:`Exhibit` admitted by a court to aid a factual determination."]; "Factor" -> "Evidence" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "BaseModel" -> "Evidence" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Factor" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/factors.html#nettlesome.factors.Factor",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="A thing that can be asserted to be present or absent."]; "Term" -> "Factor" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Term" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/terms.html#nettlesome.terms.Term",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Things that can be referenced in a Statement."]; "Comparable" -> "Term" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; }
class authorityspoke.facts.Evidence(**data)

An Exhibit admitted by a court to aid a factual determination.

Parameters:

  • exhibit – the thing that is being used to aid a factual determination

  • to_effect – the Fact finding that would be supported by the evidence. If the Fact object includes a non-null standard_of_proof attribute, it indicates that that the evidence would support a factual finding by that standard of proof.

  • name – a string identifier

  • absent – if True, indicates that no evidence meeting the description has been admitted, regardless of whether a corresponding Exhibit has been presented

  • generic – if True, indicates that the specific attributes of the evidence are irrelevant in the context of the Holding where the evidence is being referenced.

Pleadings

digraph inheritance6bc436c4f7 { bgcolor=transparent; rankdir=LR; size="8.0, 12.0"; "ABC" [URL="https://docs.python.org/3/library/abc.html#abc.ABC",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Helper class that provides a standard way to create an ABC using"]; "BaseModel" [fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",tooltip="Usage docs: https://docs.pydantic.dev/2.10/concepts/models/"]; "Comparable" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/comparable.html#nettlesome.terms.Comparable",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Objects that can be compared for implication, same meaning, contradiction, and consistency."]; "ABC" -> "Comparable" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Factor" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/factors.html#nettlesome.factors.Factor",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="A thing that can be asserted to be present or absent."]; "Term" -> "Factor" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Pleading" [URL="#authorityspoke.facts.Pleading",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="A document filed by a party to make :class:`Allegation`\s."]; "Factor" -> "Pleading" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "BaseModel" -> "Pleading" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Term" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/terms.html#nettlesome.terms.Term",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Things that can be referenced in a Statement."]; "Comparable" -> "Term" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; }
class authorityspoke.facts.Pleading(**data)

A document filed by a party to make Allegations.

Parameters:

  • filer – the Entity that the pleading references as having filed it, regardless of any questions about the identification of the filer.

  • name

  • absent

  • generic

Allegations

digraph inheritance8772f3693b { bgcolor=transparent; rankdir=LR; size="8.0, 12.0"; "ABC" [URL="https://docs.python.org/3/library/abc.html#abc.ABC",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Helper class that provides a standard way to create an ABC using"]; "Allegation" [URL="#authorityspoke.facts.Allegation",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="A formal assertion of a :class:`Fact`."]; "Factor" -> "Allegation" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "BaseModel" -> "Allegation" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "BaseModel" [fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",tooltip="Usage docs: https://docs.pydantic.dev/2.10/concepts/models/"]; "Comparable" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/comparable.html#nettlesome.terms.Comparable",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Objects that can be compared for implication, same meaning, contradiction, and consistency."]; "ABC" -> "Comparable" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Factor" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/factors.html#nettlesome.factors.Factor",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="A thing that can be asserted to be present or absent."]; "Term" -> "Factor" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; "Term" [URL="https://nettlesome.readthedocs.io/en/latest/api/terms.html#nettlesome.terms.Term",fillcolor=white,fontname="Vera Sans, DejaVu Sans, Liberation Sans, Arial, Helvetica, sans",fontsize=10,height=0.25,shape=box,style="setlinewidth(0.5),filled",target="_top",tooltip="Things that can be referenced in a Statement."]; "Comparable" -> "Term" [arrowsize=0.5,style="setlinewidth(0.5)"]; }
class authorityspoke.facts.Allegation(**data)

A formal assertion of a Fact.

May be included by a party in a Pleading to establish a cause of action.

Parameters:

  • statement – a Fact being alleged

  • pleading – the Pleading where the allegation appears

  • name

  • absent

  • generic