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find

(Adjudge), verb adjudicate, ascertain, award, confirm, decide, declare a verdict, decree, detect, determine, encounter, experience, hear of, hold, judge, learn, observe, perceive, pronounce, rule, sentence, settle, sit in judgment

find

(Determine), verb adjudge, adjudicate, announce a conclusion, arrive at a conclusion, arrive at a verdict, ascertain and declare, ascertain by judicial inquiry, come to a conclusion, compromise, conclude, 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 judggent, 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

find

(Discover), verb acquire information about, 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, figgre 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, reveal, run across, solve, strike, stumble on, trace, uncloak, unconceal, uncover, understand, unearth, unfold, unlock, unmask, unravel, unscramble, unscreen, unshroud, unveil, verify

find

(Locate), verb achieve, attain, collect, descry, dig up, discover, disinter, espy, expose, furnish, gain, gather, provide the wherewithal, recover, repossess, resolve, retrieve, spot, supply, uncover, unearth

find

to determine an issue after judicial inquiry.

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No, we're not happy and it's left a sour taste, but as there's no proven record of this type of case going to court and, with Ibas having found against us, it seemed the only real option open to us.

Settlement reached over Outlaw betting dispute

The Ombudsman found against Abbey in a ruling which related to a complaint by a customer that its cashback mortgage deal was linked to Abbey's Standard Variable Rate and not one of its lower tracker rates.

Abbey gets payback habit

The Finnish Competition Council has found against the Finnish telecomms company Elisa Communications Corporation in a matter regarding the pricing of the operator's subscriber connections.

Finnish Competition Council finds against Elisa Communications in subscriber fee matter

The Tax Court consistently found against such schemes, deeming them shams or merely grantor trusts that will not deliver the promised tax benefits.

Not all trusts are trustworthy

Sogol noted that only one judge, Circuit Court Judge Charles Price, has ruled directly on the constitutional question, and he found against Moore's religious practices.

Alabama Supreme Court slips through loophole in commandments case, but conflict rages on

At the same time, the court found against Investor Relations Services and Summit Trading, in all respects, on their cross-complaint.

instaCare Receives Favorable Resolutions in Lawsuits

When nothing was found against the ex-PM in Panama Leaks, a weak charge of not receiving salary from his own son was applied to disqualify him," he argued.

Nawaz disqualified on a weak allegation

He was sentenced to three-year imprisonment only for his illegal entry into Pakistan as nothing else was found against him to prove him a spy.

Indian man jailed in Peshawar requests court not to treat him as spy

He also questioned maintainability of the application and contended that the supplementary charge sheet had already been admitted by the administrative judge of ATCs and the trial court had also allowed the applicant to withdraw his bail application after police said no evidence was found against the lawmaker.

Rauf Siddiqui declared accused in Baldia factory fire case, told to face trial in ATC

However, according to the supplementary report, sufficient evidence was not found against Hammad, who joined the investigation and denied all charges.

Baldia Factory case: Rauf Siddiqui made part of the investigation

ISLAMABAD -- The Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) told the Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Friday that no evidence was found against the five bloggers accused in cases pertaining to publishing of blasphemous content online.

No evidence against 5 bloggers accused of blasphemy: FIA

During hearing of the blasphemous content case earlier today, FIA officials admitted before the court that no evidence was found against the five bloggers who were booked in cases relating to publishing and sharing of blasphemous content on the internet.