The phrase "a finding of assault" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to refer to a determination or conclusion that an assault has occurred, typically following an investigation or trial.
Example: "The jury's decision resulted in a finding of assault against the defendant."
Alternatives: "a determination of assault" or "a ruling of assault".
She returned a finding of nine cases of attempted or alleged sexual assaults, but did not specify how many involved members of the football team.
This is harder to defend on cross-examination as a finding indicative of sexual assault as there are a number of other common causes and we thus excluded it in our final analysis.
Further, the description provided no detail of the actions included within the assault, only the allegation of a type of assault.
The present study aimed to provide such an experimental test in a sample of assault survivors.
While finding the teacher, Elchonon Zimmerman, not guilty of assault, a judge scolded him for singling out the teenager because he was black.
Other findings included "significant concerns" around general violence, with a record number of assaults amongst inmates, on prison staff and incidents of self harm.
The nation's police chiefs are finding an alarming increase in criminals' use of assault weapons — the high-powered battlefield rifles that used to be banned, back when the federal government showed greater concern for public safety.
That initiative had been based in part on an inspector general's finding that such prisons had higher levels of assault and safety concerns than public prisons.
Assault, or risk of assault by a weapon, was a pervasive issue identified in our study sample.
In our study, we found that assaults were the leading cause of TBI in Blacks, a finding that was noted in the IMPACT study [ 26].
In the event that an assault was identified, a secondary mechanism was also coded for the type of assault.
