The phrase "a formal finding" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where an official conclusion or determination has been made, often in legal, academic, or investigative settings.
Example: "The committee issued a formal finding regarding the allegations of misconduct."
Alternatives: "an official conclusion" or "a definitive determination".
For Gazprom, a settlement could allow it to avoid a formal finding of wrongdoing and a fine.
The word is a kind of triggering device, he said, having nothing to do with a formal finding of guilt or innocence.
By law, the President must make a formal finding authorizing a C.I.A. covert operation, and inform the senior leadership of the House and the Senate Intelligence Committees.
Nor should the trial judge have taken into account – at least without making a formal finding – press reports that Clifford was laughing and shaking his head at the evidence while he was sitting in the dock, the appeal court said.
For a similar C.I.A. operation, the President would, by law, have to issue a formal finding that the mission was necessary, and the Administration would have to brief the senior leadership of the House and the Senate.
The five-member commission is set to vote on Tuesday on a report, proposed by Kevin J. Martin, the agency's chairman, that would give the commission expanded powers over the cable industry after making a formal finding that it had grown too big.
The directive by Mr. Wolfowitz, which was made public on a Coalition Provisional Authority Web site, rebuilding-iraq.net, was issued as a formal "determination and findings" document to provide a legal justification for the administration's decision to limit competition.
The government admits that wrongs took place, yet it has refused to issue any formal finding of wrongdoing.
In its forty-five years of existence, the agency has yet to make a single formal finding of discrimination.
Vestager has also said the Commission is also looking into additional complaints involving other vertical Google services such as maps, although it has not yet made any formal findings.
For example, in place of the preliminary investigation undertaken pursuant to the expired statute, there is little indication that there was an examination or credible or formal finding of why the special counsel would constitute one of the "extraordinary circumstances" in which the entire Department of Justice has a conflict.
