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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Verdict \Ver"dict\, noun [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 any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause.
Note: The decision of a judge or referee, upon an issue of fact, is not called a verdict, but a finding, or a finding of fact. --Abbott.
2. Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public.
These were enormities condemned by the most natural verdict of common humanity. --South.
Two generations have since confirmed the verdict which was pronounced on that night. --Macaulay.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
verdict
noun: (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment [syn: {finding of fact}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
23 Moby Thesaurus words for "verdict": acquittal, action, award, condemnation, consideration, decision, decree, deliverance, determination, diagnosis, dictum, doom, finding, judgment, landmark decision, order, penalty, precedent, prognosis, pronouncement, resolution, ruling, sentence
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