verdict
545
4.5
- noun
- /ˈvɜrdɪkt/
- Specialized
:
veredicto
- The jury returned a verdict of not guilty after several hours of deliberation.
- a guilty verdict
- reach a verdict
- jury verdict
You see, the only just verdict in Rittenhouse guilty.
- You see, the only just verdict in Rittenhouse guilty.
- That's a guilty verdict on all three charges.
- I did, I did win a jury verdict against against him.
- And so when the verdict was read of of of my client, you're a chakra.
- And I think that, yeah, the guilty verdict under the current imperfect law had some grounds.
- Most of them, they're kind of verdict first, trial later, right.
- I'm like, so when I saw the verdict, I just thought there's no justice.
Examples
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"On the charge of murder, what is your verdict, guilty or not guilty?"
Fiction book (1992) -
Gentlemen of the jury, have you reached your verdict?
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Members of the jury, have you agreed upon a verdict?
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The jury was unable to reach a verdict on the other 23 charges.
Academic text (2011) -
That's a guilty verdict on all three charges.
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But the jury did not return its verdict until nearly eight o'clock that evening.
Academic text (1994) -
So, I ask the modern-day jury, what is your verdict?
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The jury brought back a verdict of several million, so the fee was peanuts.
Fiction book (1995) -
I can't believe they've reached a verdict this fast.
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When that was denied, they appealed the jury's verdict to the Colorado Supreme Court.
Academic text (1992)
Synonyms
3
7.1
A decision by a court or jury about what really happened in a case
A jury decision that says which side wins without giving facts
Compounds
- Formal
3
9.9
A decision a judge makes instead of a jury when there is not enough evidence
- Jargon
1
9.6
A jury decision made when jurors give up their true view to agree about the evidence
- Jargon
1
8.7
A decision that says a person is guilty of some crimes but not others in the same trial
- Jargon
A jury decision that makes the verdict by averaging how much money each juror says should be paid
- Jargon
A jury statement about specific facts that the judge uses to decide the case
How Authoritative
13
4.6
- Specialized
545
4.5
∞
1.0
- Formal
34
7.2
- Formal
∞
1.3
∞
1.0
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word verdict comes from Latin parts ver- meaning 'true' and dicere meaning 'to say', so it originally meant a 'true saying' by a jury. The same dic- idea appears in common words like dictate and dictionary, which are about saying or words, so a verdict is the jury's official decision about what is true.