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find vb found, find·ingvt1: to come upon accidentally or through effortfound a valuable antique in the old deskfound a buyer for the property2: to make a judicial determination regardingfound the testimony not crediblevi: to make a judicial determinationthe jury found in favor of the plaintiff
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.
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(adjudge) verb
adjudicate, ascertain, award, conclude, confirm, decide, declare a verdict, decree, detect, determine, encounter, experience, hear of, hold, judge, learn, observe, perceive, pronounce, rule, sentence, settle, sit in judgment
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(determine) verb
adjudge, adjudicate, announce a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion, arrive at a verdict, ascertain, ascertain and declare, ascertain by judicial inquiry, calculate, come to a conclusion, compromise, conclude, decide, decide a question of fact, decide upon, declare a verdict, deduce, deliver judgment, determine a controversy, determine after judicial inquiry, determine an issue, draw a conclusion, establish as facts, give an opinion, give judgment, hold, judge, make a decision, pass an opinion, pass judgment, pronounce as an official act, resolve, rule, set a question at rest, sit in judgment
associated concepts: findings of fact
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(discover) verb
acquire information about, answer, apprehend, ascertain, attain by effort, bare, become acquainted with, become apprised of, become informed, bring into the open, catch a glimpse of, chance upon, cognoscere, come upon, create, decipher, decode, detect, discern, disclose, disentangle, disinter, divine, divulge, elicit, encounter, explore, expose, fathom, ferret out, figure out, gather knowledge, get to the bottom of, glimpse, happen upon, hit upon, identify, invenire, invent, ken, know, learn, light upon, locate, make certain, meet with, notice, observe, obtain by search, perceive, realize, recognize, reveal, run across, solve, strike, stumble on, trace, uncloak, unconceal, uncover, understand, unearth, unfold, unlock, unmask, unravel, unscramble, unscreen, unshroud, unveil, verify
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(locate) verb
achieve, attain, collect, descry, dig up, discover, disinter, espy, expose, furnish, gain, gather, procure, provide the wherewithal, recover, repossess, resolve, retrieve, spot, supply, uncover, unearth
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acquisition, adjudge, adjudicate, ascertain, award, conclude (decide), decide, decree, detect, determine, disinter, ferret, hold (decide), invent (produce for the first time), judge, locate, prize, procure, pronounce (pass judgment), rule (decide), sentence
Burton's Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006
