verdict

The definition of a verdict is a decision, opinion or a judgment, especially on a disputed issue.

(noun)

  1. An example of verdict is when you pass judgment on the dinner your friend made.
  2. An example of a verdict is when a judge or jury pronounces someone guilty or not guilty.

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See verdict in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

  1. Law the formal finding of a judge or jury on a matter submitted to them in a trial
  2. any decision or judgment

Origin: ME verdit < Anglo-Fr < ML veredictum, true saying, verdict < L vere, truly + dictum, a thing said: see very & dictum

See verdict in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
  1. Law The finding of a jury in a trial.
  2. An expressed conclusion; a judgment or opinion: the verdict of history.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English verdit

Origin: , from Anglo-Norman

Origin: : ver, true (from Latin vērus; see wērə-o- in Indo-European roots)

Origin: + dit, speech (from Latin dictum, from neuter past participle of dīcere, to say; see deik- in Indo-European roots)

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