Quotient verdict — Law Dictionary

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

One arrived at by dividing by 12 the sum of the amount estimated by each juror. See Mise. Rep. 322, 23 N. Y. Supp. 23.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

See Verdict. QU0USQUE. A Latin adverb, which signifies how long, how far, until. In old conveyances it is used as a word of limitation; 10 Co. 41. In practice, it is the name of an execution which is to have force until the defendant shall do a certain thing. Of this kind is the capias ad satisfaciendum, by virtue of which the body of the defendant is taken into execution, and he is imprisoned until he shall R.; R. ET I. Rex (or Regina); Rex (or Regina) and Imperator (or Iinperatrix). King (or queen); king (or queen) and emperor (or empress). Abbreviations of the titles of the British sovereign.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

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.