Fact Finder Law and Legal Definition
Fact–finder refers to one or more persons who hear testimony and review evidence to rule on a factual issue. In a jury trial the fact finder is the jury. In a non-jury trial or bench trial the judge sits both as a fact-finder and as the trier of law. In administrative proceedings it may be a hearing officer or a hearing body. The terms trier of fact, fact trier, finder of fact all denotes the same function.
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Related Legal Terms
- Accessory After the Fact
- Accessory Before The Fact
- Accord and Satisfaction
- Account Receivable Factoring
- Acquittal in Fact
- Actio in Factum
- Actus Me Invite Factus Non Est Meus Actus
- Ad Quaestiones Facti Non Respondent Judices; Ad Quaestione Legis Non Respondent Juratores
- Ademption by Satisfaction
- Adjudicative Fact
