[1] To determine a fact is to decide, from the evidence presented, whether something existed or some event occurred.
The jury finds the facts and applies them to the relevant statute or law it is instructed by the judge to use to reach its verdict.
Jurors are instructed to follow the law as given by the judge strictly but are in no way obligated to do so.
In Anglo-American–based legal systems, a finding of fact made by the jury is not appealable unless clearly wrong to any reasonable person.
In a bench trial, the judge makes findings of fact and rulings of law.