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Finding of fact

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A determination of a fact by the court, such fact being averred by one party and denied by the other, and the determination being based on the evidence in the case; also the answer of the jury to a specific interrogatory propounded to them as to the existence or non-existence of a fact in issue.

Miles v. McCallan, 1 Ariz. 491, 3 Pac. 610; Murphy v. Bennett, 68 Cal. 528, 9 Pac. 738; Morbey v. Railway Co., 116 Iowa, 84, 89 N. W. 105.