How to pronounce “matter of fact”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (law) An issue concerning the factual circumstances of a cause of action that is to be tried or proved; an allegation forming the basis of a claim or defense, as opposed to a matter of law.
• (by extension) A point of fact; a claim or statement about (empirical) facts, as opposed to conjecture or opinion.

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