fait préliminaire

OBS: fait préliminaire : terme normalisé par le Comité de normalisation dans le cadre du Programme national de l'administration de la justice dans les deux langues officielles (PAJLO).

CONT: This finding [whether the evidence is excluded by a particular rule] often entails the determination of some fact, commonly called a preliminary fact, such as: did a lawyer-client relationship exist? - was a confession given voluntarily? - is a witness qualified to speak as an expert? .... (L.R.C., Report on Evidence, 1975, p. 53, 54)