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| a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another |
| damages awarded to a plaintiff in excess of compensatory damages in order to punish the defendant for a reckless or willful act |
| matter of fact | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a fact that is undeniably true |
| 2. | law Compare matter of law a statement of facts the truth of which the court must determine on the basis of the evidence before it |
| 3. | philosophy a proposition that is amenable to empirical testing, as contrasted with the truths of logic or mathematics |
| 4. | as a matter of fact actually; in fact |
| —adj | |
| 5. | unimaginative or emotionless: he gave a matter-of-fact account of the murder |