"factfinder" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: factfinders [plural]
Etymology: From fact + finder. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fact|finder}} fact + finder Head templates: {{en-noun}} factfinder (plural factfinders)
  1. (law) In a legal proceeding, the person or persons given the task of weighing all evidence presented and determining the facts of the case in light of that evidence; the jury, or where there is no jury, the judge.
    Sense id: en-factfinder-en-noun-~Wo4gSUU Categories (other): Law, English alliterative compounds, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English alliterative compounds: 61 39 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Topics: law
  2. One who finds facts.
    Sense id: en-factfinder-en-noun-L9QeCGj4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, People Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 46 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 47 53 Disambiguation of People: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: finder of fact, trier of fact

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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