Ascertain
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
To make certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt or chance; to make sure of; fix; to determine.
246 III. 229.
To make sure or certain; fix; to establish; to determine; to settle.
95 111. 650.