Distributive finding of the issue

A finding of facts partly for the plaintiff and partly for the defendant.

The jury are bound to give their verdict for that party who, upon the evidence, appears to them to have succeeded in establishing his side of the issue. But there are cases in which an issue may be found distributiveiy, i. e., in part for plaintiff, and in part for defendant. Thus, in an action for goods sold and work 'done, if the defendant pleaded that he never was indebted, on which issue was joined, a verdict might be found for the plaintiff as to the goods, and for the defendant as to the work. Steph. Pi. (7th Ed.) 77d.

Defined under Distributive in Black's Law Dictionary.