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.
&fist; 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.
Hear it pronounced