Sentence examples for by a verdict from inspiring English sources

797, at page 805, 49 L.Ed. 114, 'It is, then, the settled law of this court that former jeopardy includes one who has been acquitted by a verdict duly rendered..

The $100 million award, offset by a verdict for Samsung on its claim that Apple violated one of Samsung's patents, is probably less than Apple paid to litigate the case.

The ECJ's importance is also highlighted by a verdict on 26 July that the EU could not share PNR data with Canada, as that "would be incompatible with fundamental rights".

His young acolyte is unconvinced by a verdict of suicide and investigates the writer's death – and, through his poetry, stories and the mystery of a missing manuscript – his life.

As to the claim based upon negligence, for which the New Jersey Wrongful Death Act clearly gives a right of action, 8 we agree with the Court of Appeals that 'the evidence created an issue that could be decided only by a verdict.' The defendants owed a duty of exercising reasonable care for the safety of the decedent.

Since 3 percent of cases decided by a verdict at trial constitutes a large number in such a big firm, Professor Gillers said, and because they have won most of those cases, it legitimized the campaign tagline, "Winning serious injury lawsuits since 1972".

But it is important to resolve the situation (whether by apology or by choosing a verdict).

By rejecting a verdict of first-degree murder, the jurors spared the boy from a sentence of life in prison without parole.

The trial court held the contentions as to the proper construction of the statute and its constitutionality to be without merit, and, by direction, a verdict was returned for the plaintiff, upon which judgment was duly entered.

2 The court thus explained it was "undisputed that the trial court misperceived the elements of the offense with which [Evans] was charged and erred by directing a verdict". 288 Mich.

In essence, the grand jury initiates a criminal prosecution, whereas, a trial jury, very often, concludes a criminal prosecution by delivering a verdict.