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Verdict

In law, a verdict is the formal finding of fact made by a jury on matters or questions submitted to the jury by a judge. In a bench trial, the judge's decision near the end of the trial is simply referred to as a finding. In England and Wales, a coroner's findings used to be called verdicts but are, since 2009, called conclusions (see Coroner § Inquest…

Criminal law, Special verdict & Directed verdict

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Etymology

Criminal law

Directed verdict

Special verdict

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Verdict

Nodes40
Edges39
Triples29
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.05
Components1

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related to Special verdict · 8
Verdict → Dudley, For, In, In English, Special, Stephens, The, William Blackstone
is a · 4
Verdict → formal finding of fact made by a jury on matters or questions submitted to the jury by a judge, jury's finding on the questions of fact submitted to it, order from the presiding judge to the jury to return a particular verdict, verdict by a jury that makes specific factual conclusions rather than
related to Etymology · 4
Verdict → Anglo-Norman, Latin, Middle English, The
related to External links · 4
Verdict → Cambridge University Press, Chisholm, Encyclopædia Britannica, Hugh
related to Directed verdict · 3
Verdict → After, In, Typically
related to Criminal law · 2
Verdict → Different, In
related to General verdict · 2
Verdict → First, Such
related to Sealed verdict · 2
Verdict → The, This

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Verdictis aformal finding of fact made by a jury on matters or questions submitted to the jury by a judge0.90text
Verdictis ajury's finding on the questions of fact submitted to it0.90text
Verdictis aorder from the presiding judge to the jury to return a particular verdict0.90text
Verdictis averdict by a jury that makes specific factual conclusions rather than0.90text
Verdictrelated to Criminal lawIn0.60section
Verdictrelated to Criminal lawDifferent0.60section
Verdictrelated to Directed verdictIn0.60section
Verdictrelated to Directed verdictTypically0.60section
Verdictrelated to Directed verdictAfter0.60section
Verdictrelated to EtymologyThe0.60section
Verdictrelated to EtymologyLatin0.60section
Verdictrelated to EtymologyMiddle English0.60section

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