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find against

   Also found in: Legal 0.01 sec.
find against someone or something
[for a jury or a judge] to announce a decision against one side of a lawsuit. The jury found against the defendant, who was a horrible witness. The court found against the corporation and levied a fine.
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A jury took just 30 minutes to find against first-offender Chalmers, a Cam-buslang College student, after a two-day trial.
Student let dogs bite kids by The Mirror (London, England)
A jury will often find against the police if they think something "doesn't feel right" or if something doesn't appear to have been done by the book.
OPINION; Jury system leaves police too exposed in civil claims, says ... by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
I'm sure that, for example, if a drug dealer offered the defence: ``Your Honour, I have been dealing drugs for 14 years and have never been prosecuted in the past'' then the court would find against the drug dealer
You say: Club campaign by Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England)
 
 
 
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