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Definition of majority verdict in English: majority verdictnoun English Law A verdict agreed by all but one or two of the members of a jury. Example sentencesExamples - Yesterday at Salisbury Crown Court the jury returned a majority verdict of guilty.
- The Bradford teenager, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was convicted of attempted rape by a majority verdict.
- After a five-day trial, the jury convicted Tyrrell and Smyth by a majority verdict after a four-hour retirement.
- The jury took just over two hours to return a majority verdict of death by natural causes contributed by neglect.
- But after three hours, the jury returned a majority verdict of 11 to one and found the father-of-one guilty.
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