verdict Definition
ver·dict (vʉr′dikt)
verdict Synonyms
verdict
n.
verdict Law Definition
n
The conclusion of a jury,
or of a judge in a non-jury case, of what the facts are or were. A verdict,
being a finding of fact, is different from a judgment
or a judicial decision. The trial court may choose to accept or to disregard
the verdict in determining judgment.
compromise verdict
A verdict achieved by some juror giving in on one of his or her
misgivings in exchange for another jurors doing the same, in order to avoid a
deadlock or extended period of deliberation. Such an exchange, although
considered improper, happens often.
general verdict
A verdict that simply declares which side wins, without finding
any special facts to be true.
partial verdict
A verdict in a criminal case that finds the defendant guilty of
some charges but innocent of others.
quotient verdict
An improper verdict in a damage case, whereby the jurors find
the arithmetic mean of what they think are appropriate damages; that is, the
total of what each juror believes should be awarded, divided by the number of
jurors to arrive at the amount of the award.
special verdict
A jury verdict that sets forth findings on the merits of each
factual issue posed by the court, then used by the court in applying the law
to the facts that were found to have merit. When applied in a criminal case,
where the judge directs the jury to render special verdicts on specific charges
in a case, such action has been declared to be unconstitutional, as the
defendant is entitled to a general verdict.
verdict Usage Examples
Converse of object
- disable: There are only so many programs that you can watch about the African Bullfrog for example. disable ad VERDICT So should you invest?
- damn: Have we all been victims of Trotskii's damning verdicts on Stalin?
- overturn: Three senior judges will have the power to overturn the guilty verdict, order a retrial or keep the 41-year-old in jail.
- pronounce: The jury had other ideas and pronounced a verdict of willful murder by the person or persons who ordered the militia to fire.
Preposition: at
inquest: About 50 women in England and Wales committed suicide in that first year, or there was an open verdict at the inquest.
Adjective modifier
- unanimous: The inquest jury recorded a unanimous verdict of unlawful killing in March 1998.
- guilty: A formal not guilty verdict was returned on a 10th count of indecent assault, for which the crown offered no evidence.
- final: Final Verdict: You should know the 80s slasher drill by now.
- perverse: There should be a right for the prosecution and defense to appeal against perverse jury verdicts.
Noun used with modifier
- inquest: In 1993 the request for the inquest verdicts to be overturned was turned down.
- ad: There are only so many programs that you can watch about the African Bullfrog for example. disable ad VERDICT So should you invest?
- jury: A potential jury verdict nearly an second to lifting is.
- killing: The police officers involved then attempted to get the unlawful killing verdict overturned, but failed.
Possessives
jury: Others were less inclined to agree with the first jury's guilty verdict.
Preposition: of
- misadventure: An inquest jury has returned a verdict of misadventure on a prisoner found hanging in a cell at Bedford jail.
- manslaughter: In October 1836 the jury at an inquest held at the White Hart in Lenton returned a verdict of manslaughter on Henry Thomas Mortimer.
- killing: At a later inquest the jury returned a verdict of unlawful killing.
- jury: The judges upheld the verdict of the original jury.
- homicide: The Mayor initially refused an inquest, then relented but directed the coroner to return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
Preposition: for
plaintiff: The jury found a verdict for the plaintiff, damages £ 120.
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