1A verdict that requires an answer to one or more specific detailed questions, with the application of the law left up to the judge.
Example sentencesExamples
- No application was made to the trial judge for a special verdict.
- 1.1 A verdict that an accused person is not guilty by reason of insanity.
Example sentencesExamples
- Somebody decided to take a special verdict.
- The acquittal will take the form of the special verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity resulting in committal to a mental hospital.
- The jury were asked to render a special verdict.
- Trembling at what it might feel like to hear a man sentenced to death, I steel myself and stare at the special verdict form.
- I have been asked several times whether I am in favour of a special verdict.