Verdict
11verdict — [n] law judgment adjudication, answer, arbitrament, award, conclusion, decision, decree, deduction, determination, finding, opinion, ruling, sentence; concept 318 Ant. accusation …
12verdict — ► NOUN 1) a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest. 2) an opinion or judgement. ORIGIN Old French verdit, from veir true + dit saying …
13verdict — From the Latin veredictum, a true declaration. Clark v. State, 170 Tenn. 494, 499, 97 S.W.2d 644, 646. The formal decision or finding made by a jury, impaneled and sworn for the trial of a cause, and reported to the court (and accepted by it),… …
14Verdict — This article is about the legal finding of fact. For the Agatha Christie play, see Verdict (play). For the magazine by Robert Brinsmead, see Present Truth Magazine. For any of several film and TV dramas, see The Verdict (disambiguation) …
15verdict — n. 1) to arrive at, reach a verdict 2) to announce; bring in, deliver, hand down, render, return a verdict 3) to sustain ( uphold ) a verdict (the higher court sustained the verdict) 4) to overturn, quash, set aside a verdict 5) to appeal a… …
16verdict — noun 1 decision in a court of law about whether sb is guilty ADJECTIVE ▪ adverse, favourable/favorable ▪ In the case of an adverse verdict, the company could lose millions. ▪ guilty, not guilty, not proven (BrE) …
17verdict — ver|dict [ˈvə:dıkt US ˈvə:r ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: Old French ver true + dit saying, judgment ] 1.) an official decision made in a court of law, especially about whether someone is guilty of a crime or how a death happened… …
18verdict — 01. The jury handed down a [verdict] of not guilty. 02. The judge will hand down his [verdict] tomorrow morning at 10:00. 03. The lawyer for the defense has announced that his client will appeal the [verdict]. 04. When the victim s family heard… …
19verdict */*/ — UK [ˈvɜː(r)dɪkt] / US [ˈvɜrdɪkt] noun [countable] Word forms verdict : singular verdict plural verdicts 1) a) an official judgment made in a court a unanimous verdict record a verdict: A verdict of accidental death was recorded. reach a verdict:… …
20verdict — ver|dict [ vɜrdıkt ] noun count ** an official judgment made in a court about whether someone is guilty of a crime: a unanimous verdict reach a verdict: The jury took 16 hours to reach a verdict. return/deliver a verdict (=say whether someone is… …
