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• verdict — ver·dict / vər dikt/ n [alteration (partly conformed to Medieval Latin veredictum ) of Anglo French veirdit statement, finding, verdict, from Old French veir true (from Latin verus ) + dit saying, from Latin dictum] 1: the usu. unanimous finding… …   Law dictionary

• Jury nullification — means making a law void by jury decision; in other words, the process whereby a jury in a criminal case effectively nullifies a law by acquitting a defendant regardless of the weight of evidence against him or her. [… …   Wikipedia

• verdict — [ vɛrdik(t) ] n. m. • 1669, à propos de l Angleterre; répandu 1790; mot angl., de l anglo norm. verdit (XIIIe), du lat. médiév. veredictum, proprt « véritablement dit » 1 ♦ Dr. Déclaration par laquelle la cour d assises répond, après délibération …   Encyclopédie Universelle

• Jury — A jury a sworn body of persons convened to render a rational, impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. A trial in which a jury decides the verdict is known as a… …   Wikipedia

• 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

• Verdict — This article is about the legal finding of fact. For the Agatha Christie play, see Verdict (play). For the magazine by Robert Brinsmead, see Present Truth Magazine. For any of several film and TV dramas, see The Verdict (disambiguation) …   Wikipedia

• Jury nullification in the United States — John Peter Zenger, a printer in the English colony of New York, was tried for seditious libel in 1734 for publishing a newspaper critical of the governor. The jury acquitted Zenger despite the judge s instructions; this is perhaps the most famous …   Wikipedia

• Jury (England and Wales) — In the legal jurisdiction of England and Wales, there is a long tradition of jury trial that has evolved over centuries.HistoryThe English jury has its roots in two institutions that date from before the Norman conquest in 1066. The inquest, as a …   Wikipedia

• jury — 01. The [jury] returned a verdict of not guilty. 02. For this trial, the [jury] is composed of seven men and five women. 03. The [jury] met for 10 hours before reaching a verdict. 04. The [jury] convicted him of all the charges. 05. The lawyer… …   Grammatical examples in English

• jury room — noun Etymology: jury (I) : the place where a jury in arriving at a verdict deliberates in private * * * a private room, adjacent to a courtroom, where a trial jury discusses a case and reaches its verdict. [1760 70] * * * jury room noun The room… …   Useful english dictionary

• jury — I. /ˈdʒʊəri / (say joouhree), /ˈdʒuri / (say joohree) noun (plural juries) 1. a body of persons chosen at random from the community, who are engaged for a trial and sworn to deliver a verdict on questions of fact presented to them. 2. a body of… …