Definitions
1.NounAn issue to be decided by the judge, concerning the application or interpretation of the law.
2.NounA question that the law itself has authoritatively answered, so that the court may not answer it as a matter of discretion.
3.NounAn issue about what the law is on a particular point; an issue in which the parties argue about, and the court must decide, what the true rule of law is.
4.NounAn issue that, although it may turn on a factual point, is reserved for the court and excluded from the jury; an issue that is exclusively within the province of the judge and not the jury.