This was the only place in a trial where judges didn't use their discretion, and the decision was basically made by a fact-finding body, a jury.

The Austrian officials stressed that the Leopold Foundation was eager to co-operate in resolving the dispute and had offered to turn the matter over to an international fact-finding body.

But presidents have generally not taken an oath when they were testifying before a fact-finding body.

They said the panel itself admitted that it was not an investigative or fact-finding body.

DPA has also assisted in establishing and providing support to various UN investigative and fact-finding bodies.

Mr. Wolfensohn's proposal for an independent inspection of the project by a three-member fact-finding body, appointed by the bank's board, was supported by the Chinese Government.

The influence and credibility of the panel, an independent fact-finding body that advises the President and Congress, has been eroded in recent years.

The following year, the New World Archaeological Foundation (NWAF) was incorporated in the state of California, as a nonprofit, scientific, fact-finding body.

In 1984, General Ver was charged with Mr. Aquino's killing by an independent fact-finding body.

"The state characterizes the board as merely a 'fact-finding body,' established to assess the parties 'positions,' not their strategies," Judge Conboy declared.