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  1. In law, a jury's decision, usually a finding
  2. of `guilty' or `not guilty'. In Scotland a
  3. third option is `not proven' where the jury
  4. is not convinced either way. In Britain
  5. majority verdicts are acceptable if a
  6. unanimous verdict cannot be reached.
  7.