What does "のこと" mean in the following sentence?


I am in the process of reading through the Japanese Wikipedia article titled
"事件". The beginning of the article lists two definitions for "事件". The
sentence that I am confused over is as follows.

> 法令用語としては、事柄・案件 **のこと** 。
>
> English: As a legal term, **it means** a matter or a case.

Does the term "のこと" actually translate to "it means…" in this context? Or, to
put this in another way, is the term "のこと" equivalent to "~という意味だ" or
"~ということである" in Japanese?

Here is the article in question:
<https://ja.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%BA%8B%E4%BB%B6>

I hope someone can explain this to me.




Yes, this ～のこと means ～のことを表す or ～のことである. In other words, it's a shortened way
of saying "It means ～". The article says that the word 事件 usually refers to
things like accidents, troubles and criminal cases, but in legal terms, it
neutrally refers to cases/issues in general.

