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Definition of Finding of fact
1. Noun. (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment.
Generic synonyms: Finding
Specialized synonyms: Compromise Verdict, Directed Verdict, False Verdict, General Verdict, Partial Verdict, Special Verdict
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law
Lexicographical Neighbors of Finding Of Fact
Literary usage of Finding of fact
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"The court's answer to the objection that the Unding was conclusive was that the
contention that there was no evidence to support a finding of fact presented ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The defendant filed an exception of fact to the finding of fact by the auditor
that the true line between the adjacent lands of the parties is located where ..."
3. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1892)
"A party cannot complain of an erroneous finding of fact which is clearly in his
own favor. Heim v. Link, 52 NY Super. O. 547. Upon an appeal in the federal ..."
4. The Encyclopædia of Pleading and Practice: Under the Codes and Practice Acts by William Mark McKinney, Thomas Johnson Michie (1897)
"An objection based on a mere omission to make a finding of fact cannot be raised
for the first time on appeal. If a party desires any particular finding of ..."
5. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"Ai finding of fact» by the court. The word "decision," as used In statutes
providing that an application for a new trial must be made at the term the ..."
6. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1916)
"... but a link in miles We have not stopped to consider an intimation contained
in the argument that the court erred in its finding of fact as to the state ..."
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