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In law, a verdict is the formal finding of fact made by a jury on matters or questions submitted to the jury by a judge. (see Black's Law Dictionary, p. 1398 (5th ed. 1979) The term, from the Latin veredictum, literally means "to say the truth" and is derived from Middle English verdit, from Anglo-Norman: a compound of ver ("true," from the Latin vērus) and dit ("speech," from the Latin dictum, the neuter form of dīcere, to say).
In a criminal case, the verdict is either a "not guilty" or a "guilty" finding, except in Scotland where the verdict of "not proven" is also available. Different counts in the same case may have different verdicts.
Verdict by ikszikszel January 18, 2010
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hot rapper straight outta ROC, New York
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verdict by J-Money Sizzle October 21, 2003

Whats the verdict? 

1. slang: whats the outcome?, what happened?

2. In legal disputes, the jury or judge will come to the verdict in deciding what will the serverity of ones punishment will be.
Example one:
Girl 1: So remember how i told u I finally called Tom, to tell him i wanted to break up?

Girl 2: uhh yeah..and whats the verdict?

Girl 1: we ended up staying together
Whats the verdict? by Belle Belle November 16, 2009

brass verdict 

police slang for street justice in the form of a guilty person getting shot. (refers to the brass casings)
Did you hear? Benny managed to get a good lawyer and walked on all charges; & you just KNOW he was the one who stabbed the guy, even though the jury gave him a not guilty verdict!

Yeah, but then the guy's family shot him in the head the day after he was let out of jail -- that was the REAL verdict, man, a brass verdict!

Fuck him, piece of shit, anyway!

that's the verdict 

that's the verdict...meaning it's the end result of anything.
Me: i dropped out of school and didn't graduate.
Mom: Well, "that's the verdict".

Me: John got arrested for stealing rims.
Friend: Well, that's the verdict".
that's the verdict by Alonzo J Jordan February 27, 2011

Brass Verdict 

When a closet serial killer with an attitude problem decides the police's job wasn't enough, so decides to commit murder and satisfy his own perverted desires, thinking he can justify it because the victim of his homicide was a criminal.
"Johnny gave the guy who was deemed not guilty by the justice system a brass verdict! Who would have thought you could get away with murder if the victim was accused of a crime?"
Brass Verdict by Sprig of basil July 27, 2023

vendiction 

The unseen root word of vindictive or vengeful.
The political hack had a vengeful attitude and was bound for vendiction.
vendiction by I, Wreckerrr April 5, 2017
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