Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law, a verdict given by a jury in cases of doubt, deferring the matter to another day of trial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- It is not clear; -- a verdict given by a jury when a matter is to be deferred to another day of trial.
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- noun law A
verdict given by ajury when amatter is to bedeferred to another day oftrial .
Etymologies
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Latin, meaning "it is not clear".
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