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noun(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
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- give accord by verdict
- hang prevent from reaching a verdict, of a jury
- jury a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law
- retrial a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors
- hung jury a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial)
- summary judgment a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
- directed verdict a verdict entered by the court in a jury trial without consideration by the jury
- judgement on the pleadings a judgment rendered by the court prior to a verdict because no material issue of fact exists and one party or the other is entitled to a judgment as a matter of law
- scopes trial a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed
- false verdict a manifestly unjust verdict; not true to the evidence