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nonverdict

nonverdict noun: failure to reach a verdict in a legal case.

Noun

nonverdict (usually uncountable, plural nonverdicts)

  1. (usually) Failure to reach a verdict in a legal case.
    • Ronald Safer, a lawyer for Mr. Kipnis, argued that the jury should be allowed to return whatever verdict it had reached, even if, in this case, it was a nonverdict.2007 July 11, Eric Ferkenhoff, “Jury Says It Is at Standstill in the Trial of Conrad Black”, in New York Times

Forms of nonverdict

pluralnonverdicts

Origin of nonverdict

From non- + verdict.

Questions about nonverdict

What does nonverdict mean?
Nonverdict means failure to reach a verdict in a legal case.
What part of speech is nonverdict?
Nonverdict is a noun.
What is the plural of nonverdict?
The plural of nonverdict is nonverdicts.

Words near nonverdict in the dictionary

  1. nonverbalness
  2. nonverbals
  3. nonverbatim
  4. nonverbose
  5. nonverbs
  6. nonverdict
  7. nonverdicts
  8. nonveridical
  9. nonveridicality
  10. nonveridically
  11. nonverifiability

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