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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

VER'DICT, n. [L. verum dictum, true declaration.]
1. The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of face in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their trial and examination. In criminal causes, the jury decide the law as well as the fact. Verdicts are general or special; general, when they decide in general terms, or in the terms of the general issue, as no wrong, no disseisin; special, when the jury find and state the facts at large, and as to the law, pray the judgment of the court.
2. Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public.
These enormities were condemned by the verdict of common humanity.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

n
1: (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment [syn: verdict, finding of fact]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English verdit, verdict, from Anglo-French veirdit, from veir true (from Latin verus) + dit saying, dictum, from Latin dictum — more at very Date: 15th century 1. the finding or decision of a jury on the matter submitted to it in trial 2. opinion, judgment

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. 1 a decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal cause or an inquest. 2 a decision; a judgement. Etymology: ME f. AF verdit, OF voirdit f. voir, veir true f. L verus + dit f. L DICTUM saying

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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 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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(verdicts) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. In a court of law, the verdict is the decision that is given by the jury or judge at the end of a trial. The jury returned a unanimous guilty verdict... Three judges will deliver their verdict in October. N-COUNT 2. Someone's verdict on something is their opinion of it, after thinking about it or investigating it. The doctor's verdict was that he was entirely healthy... N-COUNT: oft with poss, oft N on n

Soule's Dictionary of English Synonyms

n. 1. (Law.) Decision, finding. 2. Decision, judgment, opinion, sentence.

Moby Thesaurus

acquittal, action, award, condemnation, consideration, decision, decree, deliverance, determination, diagnosis, dictum, doom, finding, judgment, landmark decision, order, penalty, precedent, prognosis, pronouncement, resolution, ruling, sentence