quotient verdict — /kwowshant vardikt/ A verdict resulting from agreement whereby each juror writes down amount of damages to which he thinks party is entitled and such amounts are then added together and divided by number of jurors. Index Drilling Co. v. Williams … Black's law dictionary
quotient verdict — noun an improper and unacceptable kind of compromise verdict • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑compromise verdict * * * noun : a verdict in a legal action for damages wherein the amount assessed by the jury is reached by determining an … Useful english dictionary
quotient verdict — The Verdict rendered in a civil action in pursuance of an agreement by the jurors to determine the amount of damages by adding the several estimates of the jury and dividing the aggregate amount by the number of jurors, without the assent of the… … Ballentine's law dictionary
verdict — ver·dict / vər dikt/ n [alteration (partly conformed to Medieval Latin veredictum ) of Anglo French veirdit statement, finding, verdict, from Old French veir true (from Latin verus ) + dit saying, from Latin dictum] 1: the usu. unanimous finding… … Law dictionary
Verdict — This article is about the legal finding of fact. For the Agatha Christie play, see Verdict (play). For the magazine by Robert Brinsmead, see Present Truth Magazine. For any of several film and TV dramas, see The Verdict (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
verdict — From the Latin veredictum, a true declaration. Clark v. State, 170 Tenn. 494, 499, 97 S.W.2d 644, 646. The formal decision or finding made by a jury, impaneled and sworn for the trial of a cause, and reported to the court (and accepted by it),… … Black's law dictionary
quotient award — An award of arbitrators arrived at by dividing the aggregate of the several amounts of individual estimates of the arbitrators by the number of arbitrators and accepting the quotient as the amount of the award to be made, regardless of individual … Ballentine's law dictionary
false verdict — A verdict not reached by due deliberation upon the evidence and under the instructions given by the court; a verdict arrived at by chance rather than by understanding, such as a verdict arrived at by drawing lots or casting dice, or a quotient… … Ballentine's law dictionary
compromise verdict — noun a verdict resulting from improper compromises between jurors on material issues • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑verdict, ↑finding of fact • Hyponyms: ↑quotient verdict … Useful english dictionary
verderors of the forest — See sweinmote court. See advisory verdict; chance verdict; compromise verdict; general verdict; privy verdict; public verdict; quotient verdict; sealed verdict; special verdict … Ballentine's law dictionary
