An oflicer of the king’s forest, who is sworu to maintain and keep the assizes of the forest, and to view, receive, and enroll the attachments and presentments of all […]

Iu practice. The formal and unanimous decision or finding of a jury, im- paneled and sworn for the trial of a cause, upon the matters or questions duly submitted to […]

a verdict where a person gets a verdict in his favour but for less than the originally allowed amount.

verdict resulting from a compromising of one or more jurors on a matter of principle in exchange for compromise from other jurors on another issue in the case.

the term that is applied to a verdict that the jury was entitled to render by law.

the name that is given to the verdict that is directed by the judge to the jury.

a verdict that is barred as the same issues have already been settled between the same parties in an earlier suit.

a verdict that not in proportion to the matter in hand and violates the court’s conscious.

applied to a verdict that isn’t in line with the principles of justice.

an ordinary type of verdict that states who won the case.

the verdict that declares a defendant guilty of the crime he was charged with.

the verdict that declares a defendant not guilty of the crime he was charged with. See not guilty.

the verdict that finds a person guilty but also mentally incompetent .

a verdict that is in the defendant’s favour on grounds that the plaintiff does not have aright to bring a charge against him.

a verdict declaring the case is not proven against the defendant. It does not mean he is innocent.

verdict where a coroner’s jury cannot decide whether a dead person has died from natural causes or from a criminal act .

The verdict where a defendant is found guilty of some of the charges against him but not of all of then accusations.

verdict that is given in private to a judge after the court has been adjourned. It will be given publicly when the court is in session next.

verdict that is given by a jury in an open court as differing from a private verdict. See verdict, privy.

a verdict with an award of money to a plaintiff arrived at by adding all of the juror’s awards and dividing by the number of jurors.

a verdict that is sealed inside an envelope that will be delivered when the court is in session next.

a verdict that has ruled on each fact at issue rather than in favour of one of the parties. See verdict, general.

verdict that is subject and is dependent on a court’s decision of various points of law.

Sax. In old records. A packet-boat or transport vessel. Cowell.

L. Lat. In old English law . A verdict; a declaration of the truth of a matter in issue, submitted to a jury for trial. Veredictum, quasi dictum veritatis; nt […]