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nounItalian operatic composer (1813-1901)
Definition that contains verdi
- 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
- domingo Spanish operatic tenor noted for performances in operas by Verdi and Puccini (born in 1941)
- 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
- verdigris color verdigris
- 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
- false verdict a manifestly unjust verdict; not true to the evidence
- 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
- compromise verdict a verdict resulting from improper compromises between jurors on material issues