Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun directed_verdict

1 sense of directed verdict

Sense 1
directed verdict -- (a verdict entered by the court in a jury trial without consideration by the jury; "there cannot be a directed verdict of guilty in a criminal trial")
       => verdict, finding of fact -- ((law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment)