nonverdict

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English

Etymology

From non- +‎ verdict.

Noun

nonverdict (usually uncountable, plural nonverdicts)

  1. Failure to reach a verdict in a legal case.
    • 2007 July 11, Eric Ferkenhoff, “Jury Says It Is at Standstill in the Trial of Conrad Black”, in New York Times:
      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.