Factors¶
Facts¶
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 (
Predicate
) – a natural-language clause with zero or more slots to insertterms
that are typically the subject and objects of the clause.terms (
TermSequence
) – a series ofFactor
objects that fill in the blank spaces in thepredicate
statement.name (
Optional
[str
]) – an identifier for this object, often used if the object needs to be referred to multiple times in the process of composing otherFactor
objects.standard_of_proof (
Optional
[str
]) – a descriptor for the degree of certainty associated with the assertion in thepredicate
.absent (
bool
) – whether the absence, rather than the presence, of the legal fact described above is being asserted.generic (
bool
) – whether this object could be replaced by another generic object of the same class without changing the truth of theRule
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¶
A source of information for use in litigation.
- Parameters
form (
Optional
[str
]) – a term describing the category of exhibit. For example: testimony, declaration, document, or recording.statement (
Optional
[Fact
]) – 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 (
Optional
[Entity
]) – theEntity
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.absent (
bool
) – 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 anEvidence
object instead.generic (
bool
) – if True, indicates that the specific attributes of the exhibit are irrelevant in the context of theHolding
where the exhibit is being referenced.
Evidence¶
An
Exhibit
admitted by a court to aid a factual determination.- Parameters
exhibit (
Optional
[Exhibit
]) – the thing that is being used to aid a factual determinationto_effect (
Optional
[Fact
]) – theFact
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.absent (
bool
) – if True, indicates that no evidence meeting the description has been admitted, regardless of whether a correspondingExhibit
has been presentedgeneric (
bool
) – if True, indicates that the specific attributes of the evidence are irrelevant in the context of theHolding
where the evidence is being referenced.