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�Ascertained� means something is found out with certainty, it is used after the �ascertain� is finished. �Ascertain� means to make certain; to establish with certainty, by the finding and judgment or decree of the court.�

For example:�

• First, �ascertained� could be used to express that a particular individual that holds a future interest is alive and may be identified. But, the heirs of a person who is still alive are unascertained.
• Second, �ascertained� could also be used to express that something has already been established with certainty, the act by which a widow�s share in her deceased husband�s real estate is ascertained and set apart to her.