fraud in the factum

1. 1.

   fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract

   Broaderfraud

Questions about fraud in the factum

What does fraud in the factum mean?

fraud in the factum means "fraud that arises from a disparity between the instrument intended to be executed and the instrument actually executed; e.g., leading someone to sign the wrong contract".

Is fraud in the factum a common word?

fraud in the factum is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.