SPECIAL VERDICT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does special verdict mean? 

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

1. a verdict rendered on certain specific factual issues posed by the court without finding for one party or the other

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPECIAL VERDICT (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A verdict rendered on certain specific factual issues posed by the court without finding for one party or the other

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("special 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)

Antonym:

general verdict (an ordinary verdict declaring which party prevails without any special findings of fact)