The New International Encyclopædia/Special Verdict

SPECIAL VERDICT. A verdict in which the jury find merely the facts as proved by the evidence and do not apply the law to the facts, but leave it to the discretion of the court as to whether in its opinion the plaintiff or defendant shall succeed. The matter is now regulated by statute in most jurisdictions. In some States such a verdict is said to be ‘subject to opinion.’ See Jury; Verdict.