VERDICTS
Noun
verdicts
plural of verdict
Source: Wiktionary
VERDICT
Ver"dict, n. Etym: [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)
Definition: 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition