Meanings
nounnonverdict (usually uncountable, plural nonverdicts)
plural nonverdicts
- uncountableusuallyFailure to reach a verdict in a legal case.
Ronald Safer, a lawyer for Mr. Kipnis, argued that the jury should be allowed to return whatever verdict it had reached, even if, in this case, it was a nonverdict.
2007 July 11, Eric Ferkenhoff, “Jury Says It Is at Standstill in the Trial of Conrad Black”, in New York Times
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nonverdict. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/nonverdict
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