Finding
Legal Definition and Related Resources of Finding
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Meaning of Finding
decision of a judge or jury on issues of fact. It is designed to facilitate review by disclosing the grounds on which the judgment rests.
Finding Alternative Definition
The result of the deliberations of a jury or a court. 1 Day (Conn.) 238; 2 Day (Conn.) 12. The "findings of fact" of a judge, on which his decision is based,
Synonyms of Finding
noun
ascertainment
award
conclusion
decision
decree
determination
judgment
judicial conclusion
judicial outcome
judicial verdict
opinion
opinion of the court
order
outcome
precedent
pronouncement
report
resolution
resolution of the court
result
ruling
sentence
solution
verdict
verdict afterjudicial inquiry
Associated Concepts: administrative finding
erroneous finding
evidence sufficient to support a finding
evidentiary finding
finding of a referee
finding of fact
finding of guilt
general findings
implied findings
inconsistent findings
special finding
supplemental findings
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Capricious, Concur, Concurrent, Conviction, Interpretation, Presumption.
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Translation of Finding , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Fallo and other legal terms is available here.
Fallo
Decisión
Hallazgo
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Grammar
This term is a noun.
Etimology of Finding
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c. 1300, "act of discovering" (by chance or after searching; also an instance of this); verbal noun from find (verb). From c. 1400 as "what the mind discovers; knowledge attained by human effort" (as distinct from revelation or authority). Late 14c. as "act of sustaining, supporting, or providing the necessities of life; that which is provided by way of sustenance and support." Legal sense "proceedings leading to a verdict in an inquisition, etc.," is from mid-15c. Old English finding meant "invention." Related: Findings.
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