From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishreturn a verdictreturn a verdictSCTwhen a jury return their verdict, they say whether someone is guilty or not → return
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return a verdict• On May 17,1980, the jury returned a verdict acquitting the officers on all charges.• The jury found that the agreement was made and returned a verdict for the plaintiff, awarding damages of £500.• A jury has returned a verdict of accidental death on the children who died at the barracks where their father was stationed.• The jury did retire, for several minutes, before returning a verdict of guilty as charged.• The jury took twenty minutes to return a verdict of guilty.• He directed the jury to return verdicts of not guilty, which they did.• Taking into account the thundering magnificence of your new single, the jury must grudgingly return a verdict of not guilty. 