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Originally appearing in Volume V27, Page 1018 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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VERDICT (O. Fr. verdit, See also:Lat. See also:vere dictum, truly said, used in See also:Late Latin in one word with its See also:present significance)  , the decision of a See also:jury in a criminal or See also:civil cause, given to the See also:court through the foreman of the jury and recorded . In See also:English See also:law verdicts may be " See also:general," i.e. in criminal cases " guilty " or " not guilty," or " See also:special," when there is some question of law which the jury wish to leave to the See also:consideration of the court; in this See also:case the See also:verdict is given in the See also:form of a statement of facts as found by the jury, and the issue is See also:left to be found by the court in accordance with the law upon such facts as found (see JURY) .

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