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....361. Sometimes it means to "assess"; or to "hear, try and determine". In Webster's Dictionary, the meaning of word "ascertain" reads as under: "ascertain 1 To learn with certainty about; find out.  2 Obs. To make certain; determine; define. See synonyms under DISCOVER. KNOW [ In Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases, Seventh Edition, Volume 1, It is ....

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....eaning determined; made certain; and, under certain conditions, has been held to imply knowledge and gained from evidence rather than from exercise of the senses. It is further observed that it is a condition precedent rather than a submission to the arbitration. The meaning of 'ascertain'/ascertained given in various dictionaries mentioned hereinabove shows that it is an activity underta....