Adverse verdict
Defined in 2 dictionaries — Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Where a party, appealing from an allowance of damages by commissioners, recovers a verdict in his favor, but for a less amount of damages than had been originally allowed, such verdict is adverse to him, within the meaning of his undertaking to pay costs if the verdict should be adverse to him. Hamblin v. Barnstable County, 16 Gray (Mass.) 256.
Defined under Verdict in Black's Law Dictionary.
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
Wherea party, appealing from an allowance of damages by commissioners, recovers a verdict in his favor, but for a less amount of damages than had been originally allowed, such verdiet is adverse to him, within the meaning of his undertaking to pay costs if the verdict should be adverse to him. 16 Gray, 256,