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First published 2002 (DOST Vol. XI).
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Verdyt, Veredyk, Verdeis, n. Also: verdit, werdyt, verdeit, verdicke, ver(e)dict, verdese. [ME and e.m.E. verdit (1297), veredit (Chaucer), verdyte (Prompt. Parv.), verdicte (1533), AF verdit, L. verdictum.]
1. a. The decision or judgment of a jury. b. The opinion or judgment of a judge (at an intermediate point in a trial).a. 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 108.
That be … mene sworne be the assise that thar be gevyn sicht of tha marches & efter thar ward & verdyt he sal [etc.] 14.. Reg. Maj. c. 172.
Werdyt 1456 14th Rep. Hist. MSS App. iii 11.
Thru the verdyt of the forsaide assyse deligently avysyt and decernitt the forsaide Andro of all the forsaide actionis allvtrelly was made qwhit(b) 14.. Acts I 13/2.
As that assyse pronuncis in veredyk rycht sa that dome sal be geyffin 1687 Dumbarton B. Rec. 98.
The said assize … returned with ane voyce by their verdicke [etc.](c) 1663 Justiciary Rec. I 80.
This verdict … being inept and disconform to the lybellb. 1614 Inverness Rec. II 125.
That day the judges … hes contenewit thair verdit and interloquitor vpon the premissis to this day
2. An opinion, counsel (with regard to a matter of some consequence); a judgment or decision comparable to that of a jury.(a) 1456 Hay II 135/28.
The medicinare of Grece said that lat a man tak his mouth full of clene water twys he suld never nede othir medicyne. And the phisiciene of Mede said [etc.] … And ilk ane of the tothir said thar verdyt as thame thocht best to thame 1460 Hay Alex. 1788.
King Nicolas hes his lordis semblit hale Thame for to ask thair verdit and counsall(b) 1622-6 Bisset II 248/1.
The maryner … aw to have als guid waiges as gif he had biddin in the schip … at the verdeis [v.r. verdeit] of his fallowes 1622-6 Bisset II 257/12.
Gif ony of there followes hurte him self … they be haldin to haill him, and to mak ane fyne at the verdese [v.r. veredict] of ane of the maryneris and of the maister
3. An opinion, view.1632 Lithgow Trav. i 43.
I end with this verdict, the Jew and the Jesuite is a pultrone and a parasite
