NOUN
- a verdict rendered on certain specific factual issues posed by the court without finding for one party or the other
How To Use special verdict In A Sentence
- But counsel for the defence did say that he did want a special verdict even though there were some perhaps equivocal remarks in relation to it.
- The jury returned a so-called ‘special verdict’ of guilty but insane.
- It was taken at trial in the sense that the learned judge was asked by defence counsel for a special verdict to be considered.
- But counsel for the defence did say that he did want a special verdict even though there were some perhaps equivocal remarks in relation to it.
- The acquittal will take the form of the special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity resulting in committal to a mental hospital.
