Definitions
Sorry, no definitions found. Check out and contribute to the discussion of this word!
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word thefact.
Examples
-
WE lost Centralia? thefact is that the technology for extinguishing underground coal fires has advanced well beyond Centralia.
-
I have already recalled thefact that this was the case at the end of the Roman Empire, when the emperors were made and unmade by the soldiery.
-
Unless we go the way of England, the only steps we can take to limiting knife violence by keeping the instruments of of their hands are retroactive, after thefact.
The Volokh Conspiracy » School Board Violating California Law? 2010
-
Without full forensics, how do you tell after thefact?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Going Wobbly on Russia’s Cybersecurity Disarmament Proposal? 2010
-
In the first of your cases, the Constitutional violation is committed by the legislature (and the executive, if the law was not enacted over a veto); the judge is merely a passive accomplice after thefact.
-
Without full forensics, how do you tell after thefact?
The Volokh Conspiracy » Going Wobbly on Russia’s Cybersecurity Disarmament Proposal? 2010
-
Not everybody accepts the slavish doctrine that you have to let the government kill you, if they feel like it, and leave it to others to complain about it after thefact.
-
Your right to bar carry on your private property is either explicit in the carry statute or covered under your ability to trespass people for remaining unlawfully on your property after being instructed to leave for any other valid reason you discover after thefact.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Major legal win for Students for Concealed Carry on Campus 2010
-
The Deepwater oil spill is a major problem in which any response is limited because of physics and chemistry; this is limited to how much intelligence can be thrown at the problem, both before and after thefact.
The Volokh Conspiracy » If you like the BP spill, you’ll love cyberwar 2010
-
Not everybody accepts the slavish doctrine that you have to let the government kill you, if they feel like it, and leave it to others to complain about it after thefact.
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.