'Verdict' definitions:
Definition of 'verdict'
(from WordNet)
noun
(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment [syn: verdict, finding of fact]
Definition of 'Verdict'
From: GCIDE
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public. [1913 Webster]
- These were enormities condemned by the most natural verdict of common humanity. --South. [1913 Webster]
- Two generations have since confirmed the verdict which was pronounced on that night. --Macaulay. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'verdict'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acquittal,
- action,
- award,
- condemnation,
- consideration,
- decision,
- decree,
- deliverance,
- determination,
- diagnosis,
- dictum,
- doom,
- finding,
- judgment,
- landmark decision,
- order,
- penalty,
- precedent,
- prognosis,
- pronouncement,
- resolution,
- ruling,
- sentence