finding
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4.7
- noun
- /ˈfaɪndɪŋ/
- Formal
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determinación
- Now, would you tell the court your findings?
The court's finding it is plausibly genocide.
- The court's finding it is plausibly genocide.
- And it wasn't until the tail end until the Supreme Court saved Donald Trump from going to jail, basically with that immunity finding.
- We're reading Judge Friendly's findings of fact and conclusions of law from the trial court.
- Now, as I understand it, there was a finding that he had perjured himself in a prior murder case.
Examples
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The next hour was spent acquainting the jurors with every detail of the case, from the finding of the body up through the apprehension of Chester Davitt.
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It is the finding of this board that clemency... ...be denied to Matthew Poncelet.
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And, by law, give all our findings to the authorities.
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That was the finding of the decade, sir.
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We're reading Judge Friendly's findings of fact and conclusions of law from the trial court.
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Another interesting finding was the role that social norms could play in encouraging retrofitting.
Academic text (2011) -
Well, it is the finding of this inquiry... that Special Agent Joseph Keenan be relieved... as head of Field Office 263.
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If the Court upholds these findings in the trial, it could result in Breivik being sent to a psychiatric hospital for treatment, avoiding any jail time.
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I'm gonna concur with Dr. Fischer's findings that you're mentally incompetent -at this time.
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The jury returned a finding of negligence against the defendant in the civil case.
Synonyms
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4.9
An official written explanation by a judge for a court decision
181
2.6
A formal decision given by a court in a legal case
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5.7
A ruling by a court about a legal case
Idioms
Compounds
A happy feeling you get when you move your body, like dancing or walking
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Finding comes from the verb find meaning 'discover' plus the ending -ing that makes a noun for an action or result. In law, a finding is what a judge or jury has 'discovered' and said about the facts, so it is the court's decision.