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Definition of Verdicts

Verdict
Verdict Ver"dict, n. [OE. verdit, OF. verdit, veirdit, LL. verdictum, veredictum; L. vere truly (fr. verus true) + dictum a saying, a word, fr. dicere, dictum, to say. See Very, and Dictum.] 1. (Law) The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause. Note: The decision of a judge or referee, upon an issue of fact, is not called a verdict, but a finding, or a finding of fact. --Abbott. 2. Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public. These were enormities condemned by the most natural verdict of common humanity. --South. Two generations have since confirmed the verdict which was pronounced on that night. --Macaulay.

Meaning of Verdicts from wikipedia

- be called verdicts but are, since 2009, called conclusions (see Coroner § Inquest conclusions (previously called verdicts)). The term "verdict", from the...
- The Verdict is a 1982 American legal drama film directed by Sidney Lumet and written by David Mamet, adapted from Barry Reed's 1980 novel of the same...
- is unable to reach any other verdicts open to them. Mortality studies consider it likely that the majority of open verdicts are recorded in cases of suicide...
- not reached during a singular, solemn vote. Majority (or supermajority verdicts) are in force in South Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, the Northern...
- court. Verdicts can be found to be unsafe for either legal or factual reasons. Criminal appeals made on the ground that the jury's guilty verdict was unsafe...
- dearbhadh) is a verdict available to a court of law in Scotland. Under Scots law, a criminal trial may end in one of three verdicts, one of conviction...
- Between 20 November 1945 and 1 October 1946, the International Military Tribunal (IMT), better known as the Nuremberg trials, tried 24 of the most important...
- Look up verdict in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. In law, a verdict is the formal finding of fact made by a jury. Verdict or The Verdict may also refer...
- A partial verdict occurs when a judge permits a jury to return verdicts on fewer than all of the counts it has to decide, though it has not yet determined...
- "The Wright Verdicts". Variety. Retrieved August 24, 2017. David Hiltbrand (April 3, 1995). "Picks and Pans Review: The Wright Verdicts". People. Retrieved...