material fact
material fact 重要事实；实质性事实 指能够影响作出决定的事实，如案件结果所依赖的事实；在进行投资决策时在当时情况下可能对有理性的人产生影响的事实等。
material fact
material fact
A fact that is significant or essential to the issue or matter at hand. [Cases: Evidence 143; Federal Civil Procedure 2470.1; Judgment 181(2). C.J.S. Evidence §§ 197, 201–204.]