COMPROMISE VERDICT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does compromise verdict mean? 

• COMPROMISE VERDICT (noun)
  The noun COMPROMISE VERDICT has 1 sense:

1. a verdict resulting from improper compromises between jurors on material issues

  Familiarity information: COMPROMISE VERDICT used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• COMPROMISE VERDICT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A verdict resulting from improper compromises between jurors on material issues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("compromise verdict" is a kind of...):

finding of fact; verdict ((law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "compromise verdict"):

quotient verdict (an improper and unacceptable kind of compromise verdict)