directed verdict — see verdict Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. directed verdict … Law dictionary
Directed verdict — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions … Wikipedia
directed verdict — A verdict which a jury returns as directed by the court. 53 Am J1st Trial §§ 332 et seq. See motion for directed verdict … Ballentine's law dictionary
directed verdict of acquittal — see verdict Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
directed verdict — an order by a judge to a jury to find a verdict because the facts proved are indisputable. * * * … Universalium
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
verdict, special — n. A jury’s determination on a particular question of fact alleged in the pleadings. See also directed verdict The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. Amy Hackney Blackwell. 2008 … Law dictionary
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
verdict — n. 1) to arrive at, reach a verdict 2) to announce; bring in, deliver, hand down, render, return a verdict 3) to sustain ( uphold ) a verdict (the higher court sustained the verdict) 4) to overturn, quash, set aside a verdict 5) to appeal a… … Combinatory dictionary
