verdict
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 333 U.S. 740 - Andres v. United States · 1948Most cited · 706 citing opinions
A verdict embodies in a single finding the conclusions by the jury upon all the questions submitted to it.
How the Supreme Court has restated “verdict”
Each Supreme Court definition of “verdict,” sized by how often later courts cited it. “Change” is measured by wording overlap with earlier definitions — a rough signal, not a semantic judgment.
How often courts cite the cases defining “verdict”
Court decisions citing the 3 opinions that defined “verdict” — 740 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 3 definitions, chronological · 1817–1948
- ORIGINAL
A verdict, certain to a common intent, is sufficient to sustain a judgment.
certain to a common intent
A verdict without a judgment in a case like this is of no validity, either as an estoppel or as evidence. To give efficacy to a verdict, general or special, it must be followed by a judgment, and when offered to establish any fact, such fact must have constituted, in whole or in part, the foundation of the judgment which was rendered.
efficacy as evidence or estoppel