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general non est factum

Hist. A broad, nonspecific denial that an instrument was executed or executed properly.

non est factum (non est fak-t[schwa]m). [Latin “it is not his deed”] Hist. A denial of the execution of an instrument sued on. [Cases: Bills and Notes 475. C.J.S. Bills and Notes; Letters of Credit § 272.] “The general issue in covenant is ‘non est factum,’ which is a formal denial that the deed is

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