| 1. | something of a factual nature, as an actual occurrence. |
| 2. | Law. a statement or allegation to be judged on the basis of the evidence. |
[mat-er-uhv-fakt] 
| 1. | adhering strictly to fact; not imaginative; prosaic; dry; commonplace: a matter-of-fact account of the political rally. |
| 2. | direct or unemotional; straightforward; down-to-earth. |
