noun
definition
A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
example
The jury returned a “not guilty” verdict.
definition
An opinion or judgement.
example
a “not out” verdict from the umpire
Examples of verdicts in a Sentence
In consequence of these conflicting verdicts, the whole matter was brought, by a writ of scire facias, before the court of King's Bench, to have the validity of the patent finally settled, and it was not till this third trial, which took place in June 1785, that Arkwright's claim to the inventions which formed the subject of the patent was disputed.
Three of these (woo) restrict the calling of the grand jury, permit two-thirds of a petit jury to render verdicts in courts not of record, and three-fourths to give verdict in civil ' In 1900 only one person in six had both parents of foreign birth.
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Have we all been victims of Trotskii's damning verdicts on Stalin?
There should be a right for the prosecution and defense to appeal against perverse jury verdicts.
In 1993 the request for the inquest verdicts to be overturned was turned down.
Those who find a gospel in philosophy are ready to dictate terms to outsiders; but those who wait upon science for its verdicts supplicate terms of peace.
Tired of waiting It is shameful to make families wait so long for inquest verdicts, says Eric Allison.
Boasting landmark verdicts and distinguished track records, LegalView is backed by a powerful consortium of some of the nation 's best firms.
He will pass judgments and render verdicts, and what he says will be as weighty as the words of Ninjiczida and Dumuzid.
As far as verdicts go, when it comes down to resveratrol's effectiveness, there really isn't any definitely proven as yet.
And yet, there is all through an undercurrent which runs hard against his surface verdicts, and here and there comes to expression.
The verdicts of the two inquiries may be set against each other, and this particular charge declared "not proven."
The verdicts pronounced by this conclave on new books were speedily known over all London, and were sufficient to sell off a whole edition in a day, or to condemn the sheets to the service of the trunkmaker and the pastrycook.
Parkman called him " the poet of New England," but as the North and West then were charged with the spirit of the New England states, the two verdicts were much the same.
Many libel actions were brought against it, but in 25 between 1897 and 1907 only three verdicts were given definitely against the paper.
Reason, indeed, professes to furnish us with necessary truths; but what assurance have we that the verdicts of reason may not be reversed by some higher authority ?