{"data":{"id":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-226","jurisdiction":"us-ct","citation":"Conn. Gen. Stat. § 52-226","heading":"Trial to the court. Special finding.","body":"In any action for legal relief, when the parties join in an issue of fact and the action is tried to the court, the judge of the court may hear and try the issue without a jury, award damages and costs, and grant execution, in the same manner and on the same principles as in a trial by jury. In any trial to a court, except a trial at a small claims session, the court shall find, upon written motion of either party made within fourteen days after the entry of judgment, the facts upon which its judgment is founded, and make the finding a part of the record.","path":["TITLE 52. CIVIL ACTIONS","CHAPTER 900*. COURT PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE"],"source_url":"https://www.cga.ct.gov/current/pub/chap_900.htm#sec_52-226","current_through":"Revised to January 1, 2026 (2026 Supplement to the General Statutes of Connecticut, applied over the base revision of January 1, 2025)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T19:07:17Z","sha256":"bc459758cd578946d840b1e6b64b5b59412330cae0c46a4b64a95ad0519b3654","source_id":"us-ct","stale":false,"prev":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-225l","next":"us-ct/conn.-gen.-stat.-52-226a"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}