Legal Definition and Related Resources of Ascertain
Meaning of Ascertain
In common usage it means to see or determine . In a legal sense it means to find out or learn for a certainty by trial , experimentation or experiment; to make sure by investigation. Dallas Rv. & Terminal Co. v Graham, 185 S. W.2d 180.
Ascertain Alternative Definition
To make certain to the mind; to free from obscurity, doubt or chance; to make sure of; fix; to determine. 246 III. 229. To make sure or certain; fix; to establish; to determine; to settle. 95 111. 650.
Synonyms of Ascertain
verb
- acquire information
- acquire intelligence about
- adjudge
- arrive at a conclusion
- assure oneself
- become acquainted with
- certify
- clear from obscurity
- clear of doubt
- clear of obscurity
- cognoscere
- come to a conclusion
- come to know
- comperire
- conclude
- confirm
- decide
- decipher
- deduce
- derive
- descry
- determine
- discover
- disentangle
- draw a conclusion
- establish
- establish with certainty
- explorare
- fathom
- ferret out
- figure out
- find
- find out
- find out exactly
- find the answer
- find the solution
- learn about
- make certain
- make oneself acquainted with
- make sure
- prove
- ravel
- reassure oneself
- remove doubt
- render certain
- render definite
- resolve
- satisfy oneself
- solve
- unearth
- unravel
- unriddle
- unscramble
- untangle
- verify Associated Concepts: ascertain loss
- ascertained by law
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