資料來源 : pyDict
裁決,判決,判斷,定論,結論
資料來源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Verdict \Ver"dict\, n. [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) 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.
資料來源 : WordNet®
verdict
n : (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to
it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
[syn: {finding of fact}]