fact finder

Or fact-finder

noun

1. a person who searches impartially for the facts or actualities of a subject or situation, especially one appointed to conduct an official investigation, as in a labor-management conflict.

Other Word Forms

• fact-finding noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of fact finder¹

First recorded in 1925–30

Example Sentences

Jury trial and due process protections, in our legal system, safeguard the rights of parties to present facts to a fact finder.

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Opper said her decision did not “clear Rep. Brandtjen of any wrongdoing, there is just not enough evidence to move forward to let a fact finder decide.”

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While the New York case’s fact finder, Justice Arthur Engoron, is extremely capable—at least to the degree humanly possible—of putting aside Team Trump’s histrionics, those occupying the D.C. jury box will have no such experience.

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That triggered a report from an independent fact -finder, who recommended the sides agree to a 7% increase.

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Indeed, every judicial fact finder to reach the question has agreed, including the Maine secretary of state, and a majority of the House and Senate concluded Trump incited the insurrection.

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