Verdict

  • 21verdict — noun (C) 1 an official decision made by a jury in a court of law about whether someone is guilty or not guilty of a crime: a majority verdict of 10 to 2 | return a verdict formal (=give a verdict) | reach a verdict (=make a decision): After a… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 22verdict — [[t]vɜ͟ː(r)dɪkt[/t]] ♦♦♦ verdicts 1) N COUNT In a court of law, the verdict is the decision that is given by the jury or judge at the end of a trial. The jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict... Three judges will deliver their verdict in… …

    English dictionary

  • 23Verdict —    1) Drame d André Cayatte, avec Sophia Loren, Jean Gabin, Julien Bertheau.   Pays: France et Italie   Date de sortie: 1974   Technique: couleurs   Durée: 1 h 35    Résumé    Pour sauver son fils, qu elle croit accusé à tort de viol et de… …

    Dictionnaire mondial des Films

  • 24verdict*/ — [ˈvɜːdɪkt] noun [C] 1) an official judgment made in a court The jury took 16 hours to reach a verdict.[/ex] a verdict of accidental death[/ex] 2) an opinion that you have or a decision that you make What s your verdict on the film?[/ex] …

    Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • 25VERDICT — n. m. T. de Jurisprudence Déclaration du jury, résultat de sa délibération. Le jury a rendu un verdict de culpabilité, un verdict favorable …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 26Verdict — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Verdict (homonymie). En droit, un verdict indique la solution d un procès criminel portant à la fois sur la culpabilité et sur la peine prononcée. En droit français, seules les cours d assises prononcent des… …

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  • 27verdict — [13] A verdict is etymologically a ‘true saying’. The word was borrowed from verdit, the Anglo Norman variant of Old French veirdit. This was a compound term formed from veir ‘true’ (a descendant of Latin vērum and relative of English very) and… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 28verdict — /ˈvɜdɪkt / (say verdikt) noun 1. Law the finding or answer of a jury given to the court concerning a matter submitted to their judgement. 2. a judgement or decision: the verdict of the public. {blend of Medieval Latin vērēdictum verdict… …

  • 29verdict — [13] A verdict is etymologically a ‘true saying’. The word was borrowed from verdit, the Anglo Norman variant of Old French veirdit. This was a compound term formed from veir ‘true’ (a descendant of Latin vērum and relative of English very) and… …

    Word origins

  • 30verdict — noun Etymology: Middle English verdit, verdict, from Anglo French veirdit, from veir true (from Latin verus) + dit saying, dictum, from Latin dictum more at very Date: 15th century 1. the finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted to… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary