verdict

     

In law, a verict 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).

Trivia about verdict

  • It's the 7-letter term for any decision reached by a jury
  • (Judge Maria Lopez reads the clue.) Well, I know we've all enjoyed the trial, but it looks like the jury has reached this, from the Latin for "true speech"