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Noun: quotient verdict  'kwow-shunt 'vur-dikt
  1. (law) an improper and unacceptable kind of compromise verdict
    "The judge rejected the quotient verdict after learning that jurors had averaged their individual damage assessments"

Derived forms: quotient verdicts

Type of: compromise verdict

Encyclopedia: Quotient verdict