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Quotient Verdict

Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

Black's Law Dictionary

A money ver diet the amount of which ls fixed by the following process; Each juror writes down the sum he wishes to award by the verdict; these amounts are all added together, and the total is divided by twelve, (the number of the jurors,) and the quotient stands as the verdict of the jury by their agreement.

See Hamilton v. Owego Waterworks, 22 App Div. 573, 48 N. Y. Supp. 106; Moses v. Rali-road Co., 3 Mlsc. Rep. 322, 23 N. Y. Supp. 23.