final verdict
Definitive legal decision
A final verdict is the conclusive decision in a legal case, the judgment that ends deliberation and cannot be appealed through ordinary means.
Outside courtrooms, the phrase emphasizes that a decision is definitive and settled: The committee's final verdict was to reject the proposal.
Often used for dramatic effect in everyday contexts: What's the final verdict on dinner?
- outcomeFinal result of events
- last wordConcluding remark in debate
- decisionSettled course of action
- resultWhat follows a cause
- judgmentReasoned decision-making capacity
court ruling · ruling · conclusion · closing arguments · consensus · arbitration · adjudication · closure · case closed · deliberation · jury duty · absolution · death sentence · certainty · beyond doubt · acquittal · penalty · sentence
- legal finalitycollateral estoppel, double jeopardy, preclusion
- judgmentsjudgment call, judge, moral judgment, criticize, value judgment
- Indian Courtshigh court, district court, civil court, criminal court, family court
final verdictinitial assessment
First formal evaluation
opening statement · first impression · preliminary hearing · working hypothesis · indictment
final verdictopen question
Unresolved matter for discussion
hung jury · mistrial · deadlock · speculation · conjecture
final verdicttemporary order
Directive with expiration date
initial hearing · arraignment · opening arguments · discovery phase
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