nonverdict en · NOUN
Etymology
From non- + verdict.
Meanings
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(uncountable, 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
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| nonverdicts | Number=Plur | lexicographic |