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Definition of Partial verdict
1. Noun. (criminal law) a finding that the defendant is guilty of some charges but innocent of others.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Partial Verdict
Literary usage of Partial verdict
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The American and English Encyclopedia of Law by John Houston Merrill, Charles Frederic Williams, Thomas Johnson Michie, David Shephard Garland (1895)
"partial verdict.— A partial verdict is one by which the jury in a criminal case
... A partial verdict is in reality only a species of general verdict, ..."
2. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1904)
"partial verdict. A verdict which finds only one or two out of many facts, which
are all necessary to constitute the offense, and saying nothing of the ..."
3. Judicial and Statutory Definitions of Words and Phrases by West Publishing Company (1914)
"... partial verdict A "partial verdict" Is one of conviction as to a part of the
charge and acquittal or silence as to the residue. ..."
4. Reports of Cases Civil and Criminal in the United States Circuit Court of by United States, Circuit Court (District of Columbia (1853)
"If the jury do not find a general verdict, nor a partial verdict, nor a special 26.
A verdict in a criminal case, finding a fact which, if specially pleaded ..."
5. A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution: And Laws of the United States by John Bouvier (1874)
"Coke, Litt. 228; 4 Blackstone, Comm. 461. The jury may find such a verdict whenever
they think fit todo во. A. partial verdict in ..."
6. Virginia Reports: Jefferson--33 Grattan, 1730-1880 by Thomas Johnson Michie, Thomas Jefferson, Peachy Ridgway Grattan (1901)
"That did not amount to an assent to or release of the error committed in receiving
a partial verdict, nor did the subsequent continuance, on the motion of ..."
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