Sentence examples for general verdict from inspiring English sources

"Bit chewy," is the general verdict.

The plaintiff had a general verdict on all three counts.

The general verdict was that it was a triumph.

Perhaps, in time, that will prove the general verdict too.

A general verdict of guilty was returned, and judgment rendered thereon.

The general verdict is that Mamet's distinctive talents are conspicuous here by their absence.

As we noted in Ashe, because criminal verdicts are general verdicts, it is usually difficult to determine the precise route of the jury's reasoning and the basis on which the verdict rests.

As has been said, the jury returned general verdicts for the plaintiffs, and also special verdicts finding that no lode had been discovered within any of the lode locations before the placer ones were made.

The cases were tried together to the court and a jury, the latter returning general verdicts for the plaintiffs and special verdicts finding that when the placer locations were made no lode had been discovered within the limits of any of the lode locations.

General verdicts to date: it's an archaic, risible, underpaid job; none of the truly major poets (Heaney, Walcott, Hill, Muldoon, Prynne, etc) will be eligible, or considered, or interested; it should go to a woman; that woman should preferably be an accessible entertainer such as Pam Ayres.

But in general the verdict is positive for President Nicolas Sarkozy and his government, which moved quickly to recognize a crisis and exercise state powers.