FINDER

One who discovers and takes po e ion of another's personal property, which was then lost. Kincaid v. Eaton, 98 Ma . 139, 93 Am. Dec. 142. A searcher employed to discover goods imported or exported without paying custom. Jacob. ' FINDING, A decision upon a question of fact reached as the result of a judicial examination or investigation by a court, jury, referee, coroner, etc. Williams v. Giblin, 86 Wis. 648, 57 N. W. 1111; Rhodes v. United States Bank, 66 Fed. 514, 13 C. C. A. 612, 34 L. R. A. 742. -Finding of fact. A determination of a fact by the court, such fact being averred by one party and denied by the other, and the determination being based on the evidence in the case; also the answer of the jury to a specific interrogatory propounded to them as to the existence or non-existence of a fact in i ue. Miles v. McCallan, 1 Ariz. 491, 3 Pac. 610; Murphy v. Bennett, 68 Cal. 528, 9 Pac. 738; Morbey v. Railway Co., 116 Iowa, 84, 89 N. W. 105'-General and special findings, Where i ues of fact in a case are submitted to the court by consent of parties to be tried withou.t a jury, the "finding" is the decision of the court as to the disputed facts, and it may be either general or special, the former being a general statement that the facts are in favor of such a party or entitle him to judgment, the latter being a specific setting forth of the ultimate facts established by the evidence and which are determinative of the judgment which must be given. See Rhodes v. United States Nat. Bank, 66 Fed. 514, 13 C. C. A. 612, 34 L. R. A. 742; Searcy County v. Thompson, 66 Fed. 94, 13 C. C. A. 349; Humphreys v. Third Nat. Bank, 75 Fed. 856, 21 C. C•.A. 538. FINE, v. To impose a pecuniary punishment or mulct. To sentence a person convicted of an offense to pay a penalty 1n money. Good.man v. Durant B. & L. A 'n,, 71 Mi . 310, 14 South. 146; State v. Belle, 92 Iowa, 258, 60 N. W. 525. FINE, n. In conveyancing, An amicable composition or agreement of a suit, either actual or fictitious, by leave of the court, by [s. 505]