Obs. [a. Fr. fait deed, act: see the variant FEAT.] a. A deed. b. In the translation of Perkins: Act of parties, as distinguished from operation of law.
1562. Act 5 Eliz., c. 14 § 12. Convicted … in an Action of forger of false Faytes.
1642. trans. Perkins’ Prof. Bk., iii. § 191. 85. And so is the difference between a licence in fait and a licence in Law, &c.
1651. W. G., trans. Cowel’s The Institutes of the Lawes of England, 182. Amongst those Obligations in writing, which wee call Faits or Deeds.
