compromise verdict — noun a verdict resulting from improper compromises between jurors on material issues • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑verdict, ↑finding of fact • Hyponyms: ↑quotient verdict … Useful english dictionary
compromise verdict — A verdict which is reached only by the surrender of conscientious convictions as to a material issue by some members of the jury in return for a relinquishment by other members of their like settled opinion on another issue, the result not… … Ballentine's law dictionary
verdict — ver·dict / vər dikt/ n [alteration (partly conformed to Medieval Latin veredictum ) of Anglo French veirdit statement, finding, verdict, from Old French veir true (from Latin verus ) + dit saying, from Latin dictum] 1: the usu. unanimous finding… … Law dictionary
compromise — com·pro·mise 1 n: an agreement resolving differences by mutual concessions esp. to prevent or end a lawsuit compromise 2 vb mised, mis·ing vt: to resolve or dispose of by a compromise cases in which a dispute is compromised E. A. Farnsworth and W … Law dictionary
Verdict — This article is about the legal finding of fact. For the Agatha Christie play, see Verdict (play). For the magazine by Robert Brinsmead, see Present Truth Magazine. For any of several film and TV dramas, see The Verdict (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
verdict — From the Latin veredictum, a true declaration. Clark v. State, 170 Tenn. 494, 499, 97 S.W.2d 644, 646. The formal decision or finding made by a jury, impaneled and sworn for the trial of a cause, and reported to the court (and accepted by it),… … Black's law dictionary
quotient verdict — noun an improper and unacceptable kind of compromise verdict • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑compromise verdict * * * noun : a verdict in a legal action for damages wherein the amount assessed by the jury is reached by determining an … Useful english dictionary
verderors of the forest — See sweinmote court. See advisory verdict; chance verdict; compromise verdict; general verdict; privy verdict; public verdict; quotient verdict; sealed verdict; special verdict … Ballentine's law dictionary
finding of fact — 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 • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑finding … Useful english dictionary
List of law topics (A-E) — NOTOC Law [From Old English lagu something laid down or fixed ; legal comes from Latin legalis , from lex law , statute ( [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?search=law searchmode=none Law] , Online Etymology Dictionary; [http://www.m… … Wikipedia
