majority verdict

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• majority verdict — noun The verdict reached by the majority in a jury, as distinct from a unanimous verdict • • • Main Entry: ↑major * * * maˌjority ˈverdict [majority verdict] noun (law) …   Useful english dictionary

• majority verdict — See verdict. Collins dictionary of law. W. J. Stewart. 2001 …   Law dictionary

• majority verdict — ► NOUN English Law ▪ a verdict agreed by all but one or two of the members of a jury …   English terms dictionary

• majority verdict — A verdict having the assent of a majority of the jury. 53 Am J1st Trial § 1032 …   Ballentine's law dictionary

• majority verdict — noun English Law a verdict agreed by all but one or two of the members of a jury …   English new terms dictionary

• majority verdict — ➡ juries * * * …   Universalium

• verdict — From the Latin veredictum, a true declaration. Clark v. State, 170 Tenn. 494, 499, 97 S.W.2d 644, 646. The formal decision or finding made by a jury, impaneled and sworn for the trial of a cause, and reported to the court (and accepted by it),… …   Black's law dictionary

• majority — ma|jor|i|ty [məˈdʒɔrıti US məˈdʒo: , məˈdʒa: ] n plural majorities ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(most people or things)¦ 2¦(most votes)¦ 3 majority vote/decision/verdict etc 4 majority stake/shareholding etc 5¦(becoming an adult)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1500 1600; :… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• verdict — ver|dict [ˈvə:dıkt US ˈvə:r ] n [Date: 1200 1300; : Anglo French; Origin: Old French ver true + dit saying, judgment ] 1.) an official decision made in a court of law, especially about whether someone is guilty of a crime or how a death happened… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• majority — n. (pl. ies) 1 (usu. foll. by of) the greater number or part. Usage: Strictly used only with countable nouns, e.g. a majority of people, and not with mass nouns, e.g. a majority of the work. 2 Polit. a the number by which the votes cast for one… …   Useful english dictionary

• verdict — noun (C) 1 an official decision made by a jury in a court of law about whether someone is guilty or not guilty of a crime: a majority verdict of 10 to 2 | return a verdict formal (=give a verdict) | reach a verdict (=make a decision): After a… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English