Dictionary Entry

verdict

Part of SpeechnounPronunciation/ˈvɝ.dɪkt/Used In Literature ↓

A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

In a Sentence

“The jury returned a “not guilty” verdict.”

Origin

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Common Phrases

. verdictagainst verdictverdict juryverdict directedverdict general

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Poetry examples for “verdict”

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

And riffles back to breeding better hogs,
And finer cattle. Here's the verdict, sign
Your names, and I'll return it to the clerk.

The jury signed the verdict and arose
And said good-night to Merival, went their way.

But whatever may be the final verdict with regard to the morals, there
can be no question as to the intellectual powers of the "Prisoner of

The debt is paid,
The verdict said,
The Furies laid,

With one back-handed blow that wrote
In blood men's verdict there. North, South,
East, West, I looked. The lie was dead,

A quest of thoughts, all tenants to the heart;
And by their verdict is determined
The clear eye's moiety, and the dear heart's part: