Legal English Dictionary
trier of fact
nounthe person (such as a judge) or group of people (such as a jury) who determines the facts, as opposed to the relevant law, in a lawsuitIf there is no jury the judge is the trier of fact as well as the trier of the law.
Synonyms and Other Spellings
- fact trier
- fact-trier
- fact finder
- fact-finder
