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- noun Plural form of
factfinder .
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The adversary system, with lay jurors as the usual ultimate factfinders in criminal prosecutions, has historically permitted triers of fact to draw on the standards of their community, guided always by limiting instructions on the law.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ninth Circuit Adopts National Standard for Internet Obscenity 2009
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The adversary system, with lay jurors as the usual ultimate factfinders in criminal prosecutions, has historically permitted triers of fact to draw on the standards of their community, guided always by limiting instructions on the law.
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The adversary system, with lay jurors as the usual ultimate factfinders in criminal prosecutions, has historically permitted triers of fact to draw on the standards of their community, guided always by limiting instructions on the law.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Ninth Circuit Adopts National Standard for Internet Obscenity 2009
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Rigid preventative rules that deny factfinders recourse to common sense, however, are neither necessary under our case law nor consistent with it . . .
KSR v. Teleflex - Has "Inventive Step" Made its Appearance in U.S. Patent Law? Peter Zura 2007
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Rigid preventative rules that deny factfinders recourse to common sense, however, are neither necessary under our case law nor consistent with it . . .
Archive 2007-04-01 Peter Zura 2007
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First, for every argument why juries are more accurate factfinders, there is another why they are less accurate. . .
The Volokh Conspiracy » Justice Scalia endorses reliance on foreign legal practices. 2004
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When so many presumably reasonable minds continue to disagree over whether juries are better factfinders at all, we cannot confidently say that judicial factfinding seriously diminishes accuracy.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Justice Scalia endorses reliance on foreign legal practices. 2004
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The question here is not, however, whether the Framers believed that juries are more accurate factfinders than judges perhaps so — they certainly thought juries were more independent.
The Volokh Conspiracy » Justice Scalia endorses reliance on foreign legal practices. 2004
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African factfinders, jailing a feisty white lawmaker and announcing plans to appeal against the recent acquittal of opposition chief
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Zimbabwe's relations with South Africa have not been affected by the deportation of factfinders from South Africa's main labour union federation earlier this week, the foreign minister was quoted as saying Thursday.
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