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directed verdict

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Noun1.directed verdict - a verdict entered by the court in a jury trial without consideration by the jury; "there cannot be a directed verdict of guilty in a criminal trial"
finding of fact, verdict - (law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment
law, jurisprudence - the collection of rules imposed by authority; "civilization presupposes respect for the law"; "the great problem for jurisprudence to allow freedom while enforcing order"


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I don't know that you're going to survive directed verdict without other evidence," Vigil warned special prosecutors Donna Bevacqua-Young and
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The Florida jury's verdict came on the heels of a directed verdict by the court finding BDO International not liable as a matter of law for the $351 million in punitive damages previously awarded against BDO Seidman LLP in the same case.
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Thus, the court concluded that the evidence introduced by the plaintiffwas sufficient to meet the standard to require that the defendants' motion for a directed verdict was improperly granted by the lower court and had to be reversed by the court.
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