verdict
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman verdit (> Medieval Latin veredictum), from veir (“true”) + dit (“saying”); possibly a calque of a Germanic term such as Old English sōþword, sōþsprǣċ, sōþspell, sōþsagu, or sōþcwide, all meaning "true story, statement of truth, account, history". Doublet of veredictum.
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɜː.dɪkt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɝ.dɪkt/
- (obsolete) IPA(key): /ˈvɜɹ.dɪt/
Audio (US): (file)
Noun
editverdict (plural verdicts)
- (law) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
- The jury returned a “not guilty” verdict.
- 1892, Walter Besant, “Prologue: Who is Edmund Gray?”, in The Ivory Gate […], New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC:
- Such a scandal as the prosecution of a brother for forgery—with a verdict of guilty—is a most truly horrible, deplorable, fatal thing. It takes the respectability out of a family perhaps at a critical moment, when the family is just assuming the robes of respectability: […] it is a black spot which all the soaps ever advertised could never wash off.
- 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger’s history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 124:
- When his body was retrieved, it was apparent that he had not raised his hands to cover his face. Had he suffered some sort of fit or seizure? The coroner’s verdict was accidental death.
- An opinion or judgement.
- a “not out” verdict from the umpire
Derived terms
editTranslations
editdecision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest
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opinion or judgement
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Further reading
edit- “verdict”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “verdict”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editverdict m (plural verdicts)
Further reading
edit- “verdict”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Middle English
editNoun
editverdict
- Alternative form of verdit
Old French
editNoun
editverdict oblique singular, m (oblique plural verdicz or verdictz, nominative singular verdicz or verdictz, nominative plural verdict)
- Alternative form of verdit
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editverdict n (plural verdicte)
Declension
editsingular | plural | ||||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
nominative-accusative | verdict | verdictul | verdicte | verdictele | |
genitive-dative | verdict | verdictului | verdicte | verdictelor | |
vocative | verdictule | verdictelor |
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