The phrase "adverse verdict" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to refer to a decision made by a judge or jury that is unfavorable to one of the parties involved in a case.
Example: "The defendant was disappointed by the adverse verdict delivered by the jury, which found him guilty of the charges."
Alternatives: "unfavorable ruling" or "negative judgment."
A monster named Am-mut (Eater of the Dead) awaits an adverse verdict.
"What the record shows is that [Syed] was totally satisfied with Gutierrez's services until the jury returned an adverse verdict," the Associated Press reported about prosecutors' 23-page brief to the court.
If they were fictitious, what was in it for Hotton?" As for the lawsuits against his client, Mr. Shargel said, "All these claims of fraudulent conduct are grossly and absurdly exaggerated and there has never been an adverse verdict returned against him".
We started out with Russell's adverse verdict on his own meta-ethics: "I am not, myself, satisfied with what I have read or said on the philosophical basis of ethics" (RoE: 165/Papers 165/Papers).
But the would-be amount, estimated to be less than $120 million, may be a bit tight to cover some $73 million in debt at Hollinger Inc., the Canadian shell company Black controls, plus potential adverse verdicts in securities-fraud cases pending against the lord and his associates in Delaware and Chicago.
The second-quarter 2008 results included the reversal of a $62 million reserve because of the overturning of an adverse jury verdict in 2007 related to the redemption of certain Sears bonds in 2004.
The S.E.C. may be wary of pursuing charges against individual defendants after an adverse jury verdict in a securities fraud lawsuit related to Citigroup's sale of a C.D.O.
"Lyft drivers in California may now receive the benefits of the settlement rather than waiting years and risking not being able to proceed on a classwide basis and risking an adverse jury verdict," said plaintiff attorney Shannon LiShannondan. .
And Halliburton has less financial flexibility than they had prior to the decline in their share price and the adverse jury verdicts".
One thing you have to admit, I am consistent -- I support jurors and the jury system and I even did when I practiced law and they gave a verdict that was adverse to what I asked them to do in closing argument.
In fact, the Mirror and Mail were part of an "avalanche" of adverse publicity across the media following the guilty verdict against Bellfield over Milly.
