LEGAL WORD
Fait accompli
French phrase · General
Fait accompli
- Type: French phrase
- Area of law: General
1 What it means
A thing already done. Something completed before others could stop it, leaving them to accept it.
2 Use it in a sentence
The court warned that demolition before the hearing could not be presented as a fait accompli.
3 Make it stick
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