The phrase "ambiguous verdict" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to a decision or judgment that is unclear or open to multiple interpretations, often in a legal context.
Example: "The jury's ambiguous verdict left both parties uncertain about the outcome of the trial."
Alternatives: "unclear ruling" or "vague decision".
In 1986 three Bulgarians and three Turks were acquitted of conspiracy to kill the pope for lack of evidence, an ambiguous verdict in Italy.
This ambiguous verdict on Bonds comes six years after a Congressional hearing at which McGwire fumbled around with the question of whether he had used illegal steroids or another disreputable substitute.
But the jurors found a link between such negligence and only three of the seven shootings in the case and awarded damages, amounting to $560,000, to only one of the victims.Whether or not this ambiguous verdict sets an important precedent, it is clearly just the opening shot in a legal and political battle which looks set to rage for years to come.
The trial ended on March 29 with three Bulgarians being acquitted for "lack of proof," but both the ambiguous verdict and the enormous publicity given to the reported Bulgarian connection was highly damaging to the prestige of one of the Soviet Union's most faithful allies.
In an ambiguous verdict, the court acquitted the main defendants, three Bulgarians and three Turks, of conspiring to kill the Pope, under a provision of Italian law that allows a jury to state that the evidence in a case is inconclusive.
Page B3 AMBIGUOUS VERDICT FOR INSURER A jury in Boston found that Unum, the nation's largest disability insurer, had committed fraud in some cases by requiring customers to apply for Social Security benefits even though it knew they were not eligible.
NEW HAVEN Sept. 1 With the conclusion of the Lonnie McLucas trial here on a some what ambiguous note a guilty verdict on a charge of con spiracy to murder, with‐acquit tal on three others that carried heavier penalties — the state's effort to prove that the leader ship of the Black Pantherparty ordered the Alex Rackley slay ing is likely to focus on a party member who has yet to testify.
But the verdict was ambiguous enough to allow both sides to declare victory.
1961 Few Germans Back Eichmann Verdict West Germany's ambiguous reaction today [Dec.
Conant, who has studied the fragmentary declassified files, suggests the verdict is, at best, ambiguous.
In any event, the claim here is that the trial judge's response to the jury's question was constitutionally insufficient, not that the jury verdict forms were unconstitutionally ambiguous.
