special finding
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922)
Definitions from Case Law
From 76 U.S. 125 - Norris v. Jackson · 1869Most cited · 258 citing opinions
It is not a mere report of the evidence, but a statement of the ultimate facts on which the law of the case must determine the rights of the parties; a finding of the propositions of fact which the evidence establishes, and not the evidence on which those ultimate facts are supposed to rest.
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A finding by the jury of a particular ultimate fact material to the issue.