Realities must dominate the judgment by a court.

Explanation

(English-origin maxim.) A court must decide cases based on actual facts and real-world conditions, not abstract theories or artificial constructions — practical realities govern judicial outcomes.

Where this applies

• A court looks past the technical language of a corporate restructuring to see that the real effect is to cheat creditors, and rules accordingly.
• A judge rejects a party's theoretical argument about market conditions and instead relies on actual sales data to determine fair market value.
• An appellate court reverses a lower court's ruling that ignored real-world economic conditions in favor of abstract legal doctrine.