1. The act or process of finding out or determining something with certainty; the discovery of facts or truth through investigation or examination.
Usage: Plural form of ascertainment; Formal or technical usage
2. In legal or administrative contexts, the official establishment or confirmation of facts, rights, or liabilities.
Usage: Legal/administrative term

Examples

• The ascertainments made by the auditors revealed several accounting errors.
• Multiple ascertainments of the property's value were conducted before the sale.
• The court ordered ascertainments of liability in the disputed contract case.
• Scientific ascertainments require careful observation and repeated testing.
• The ascertainments of fact in the investigation took several months to complete.
• Legal ascertainments of ownership must be documented in writing.