verdict

verdict
01. The jury handed down a [verdict] of not guilty.
02. The judge will hand down his [verdict] tomorrow morning at 10:00.
03. The lawyer for the defense has announced that his client will appeal the [verdict].
04. When the victim's family heard the [verdict] they all stood up, and clapped.
05. Everyone was expecting a guilty [verdict], but the severity of the sentence was somewhat of a surprise.
06. Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, you must return a [verdict] of guilty for justice to be truly served.
07. The suspect bowed his head and cried with relief when the [verdict] was read out.
08. The defendant broke down and cried when the [verdict] was read out.
09. The foreman of the jury passed the [verdict] to the judge.
10. We all tasted your chocolate cake and the [verdict] is in. It's the best cake we've ever eaten!
11. A judge is responsible for instructing the jury as to exactly what the law says as it relates to the case currently before them so that they can be sure of reaching a just [verdict].
12. The election result is a clear [verdict] supporting the President's current foreign policy.
13. Juvenal once observed that by the [verdict] of his own heart, no guilty man is acquitted.
14. We asked the children what they wanted for a treat, and the [verdict] was ice cream cones.
15. In the year 325, the Emperor Constantine and a church council proclaimed that Jesus Christ is in fact God, by a [verdict] of 218 to 2.
16. Everyone gasped in surprise when the [verdict] was read out.
17. Criminology professor Donald Cressey once observed that you cannot bring in a [verdict] that the defendant is a little bit guilty.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • 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

  • verdict — [ vɛrdik(t) ] n. m. • 1669, à propos de l Angleterre; répandu 1790; mot angl., de l anglo norm. verdit (XIIIe), du lat. médiév. veredictum, proprt « véritablement dit » 1 ♦ Dr. Déclaration par laquelle la cour d assises répond, après délibération …   Encyclopédie Universelle

  • verdict — ver‧dict [ˈvɜːdɪkt ǁ ˈvɜːr ] noun [countable] LAW an official decision made in a court of law or other organization that has authority: • It took 16 hours for the jurors to reach a verdict. • A civil court jury in Santa Monica, California issued… …   Financial and business terms

  • verdict — VERDÍCT, verdicte, s.n. 1. (În organizarea judecătorească a unor state) Răspuns dat de juraţi în legătură cu vinovăţia sau nevinovăţia unui acuzat şi pe baza căruia se pronunţă sentinţa; p. ext. sentinţa unei curţi cu juraţi; p. gener. sentinţă… …   Dicționar Român

  • 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Verdict — Logo Allgemeine Infor …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • verdict — [vʉr′dikt] n. [ME verdit < Anglo Fr < ML veredictum, true saying, verdict < L vere, truly + dictum, a thing said: see VERY & DICTUM] 1. Law the formal finding of a judge or jury on a matter submitted to them in a trial 2. any decision or …   English World dictionary

  • Verdict — Verdict, s. Wahrspruch …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • Verdict — Verdict, lat. deutsch, Ausspruch, besonders der Geschwornen …   Herders Conversations-Lexikon

  • verdict — (n.) 1530s, from M.E. verdit (c.1300), a jury s decision in a case, from Anglo Fr. verdit (O.Fr. voirdit), from ver, veir true (see VERY (Cf. very)) + dit, pp. of dire to say (see DICTION (Cf. diction …   Etymology dictionary

  • verdict — [n] law judgment adjudication, answer, arbitrament, award, conclusion, decision, decree, deduction, determination, finding, opinion, ruling, sentence; concept 318 Ant. accusation …   New thesaurus

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