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Scotch verdict definition

Scotch verdict

a verdict in criminal cases of “not proved,” rather than “not guilty”: allowed notably in Scotland

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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