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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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
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.
2. Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as to be
condemned by the verdict of the public.
These were enormities condemned by the most natural
verdict of common humanity. --South.
Two generations have since confirmed the verdict
which was pronounced on that night. --Macaulay.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
verdict
n : the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for
decision; can be used in formulating a judgment [syn: {finding
of fact}]
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