Sentences with phrase «general verdict»

At the close of evidence, the judge issued a rare general verdict from the bench in favor of our clients on all five patents.

Illinois Appellate Court Affirms $ 7.88 Million General Verdict in Medical Negligence / Wrongful Death Lawsuit

9Although the special interrogatories requested by the Governmentin this case have been called «special verdicts» by the parties and the courts below, they more closely resemble what Civil Rule 49 (b) describes as «general verdict [s] with answers to written questions.»

When the man himself reappeared and revealed his methods, the general verdict was disappointment.

As is inevitable, however, when only nine titles get picked from a longlist of 92, there was far more talk about what was left out than what was kept in, and the general verdict from onlookers was that the Academy had erred badly by passing on Campillo's film.

The first reviews for the Xbox One X are in, and the general verdict is pretty good, but not as pristine as the console's 4K image quality.

An average year seems the general verdict on Frieze.

After deliberation, the jury returned a general verdict in the defendant's favor, finding that the defendant was not liable for any of the plaintiff's injuries.

This landmark case firmly grounded in English common law rights that were carried overseas by the colonists, including freedoms of religion, speech, and assembly, as well as the fundamental right of jurors to render a general verdict based on conscience, including setting aside the law when a just verdict requires it.

(a) the judge may require the jury to give a general verdict or to answer specific questions, subject to section 15 of the Libel and Slander Act; and

The American jury draws its power of nullification from its right to render a general verdict in criminal trials, the inability of criminal courts to direct a verdict no matter how strong the evidence, the Fifth Amendment's Double Jeopardy Clause, which prohibits the appeal of an acquittal, [2] and the fact that jurors can never be punished for the verdict they return.

The jury was not asked to determine the number of violation days; it returned a general verdict of guilty.

Well, it is very difficult to give a general verdict when it comes to ul vs whole life.