Verdict vs. Judgment — What's the Difference?

In law, a verdict is the formal finding of fact made by a jury on matters or questions submitted to the jury by a judge. In a bench trial, the judge's decision near the end of the trial is simply referred to as a finding.

The act or process of judging; the formation of an opinion after consideration or deliberation.

(Law) The decision of the jury after the trial of a case.

An opinion or estimate formed after consideration or deliberation, especially a formal or authoritative decision

An expressed conclusion; a judgment or opinion

The mental ability to perceive and distinguish relationships; discernment

(legal) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.

The capacity to form an opinion by distinguishing and evaluating

An opinion or judgement.

The capacity to assess situations or circumstances and draw sound conclusions; good sense

The answer of a jury given to the court concerning any matter of fact in any cause, civil or criminal, committed to their examination and determination; the finding or decision of a jury on the matter legally submitted to them in the course of the trial of a cause.

A determination of a court of law; a judicial decision.

Decision; judgment; opinion pronounced; as, to be condemned by the verdict of the public.

A court decision establishing that an obligation is owed, such as a debt.

(law) the findings of a jury on issues of fact submitted to it for decision; can be used in formulating a judgment

A misfortune believed to be sent by God as punishment for sin.

Judgment The Last Judgment.

The act of judging.

The power or faculty of performing such operations; especially, when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely

The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.

(legal) The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge.

(theology) The final award; the last sentence.

The act of judging; the operation of the mind, involving comparison and discrimination, by which a knowledge of the values and relations of things, whether of moral qualities, intellectual concepts, logical propositions, or material facts, is obtained; as, by careful judgment he avoided the peril; by a series of wrong judgments he forfeited confidence.

The power or faculty of performing such operations (see 1); esp., when unqualified, the faculty of judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely; good sense; as, a man of judgment; a politician without judgment.

The conclusion or result of judging; an opinion; a decision.

The act of determining, as in courts of law, what is conformable to law and justice; also, the determination, decision, or sentence of a court, or of a judge; the mandate or sentence of God as the judge of all.

That act of the mind by which two notions or ideas which are apprehended as distinct are compared for the purpose of ascertaining their agreement or disagreement. See 1. The comparison may be threefold: (1) Of individual objects forming a concept. (2) Of concepts giving what is technically called a judgment. (3) Of two judgments giving an inference. Judgments have been further classed as analytic, synthetic, and identical.

A calamity regarded as sent by God, by way of recompense for wrong committed; a providential punishment.

The final award; the last sentence.

An opinion formed by judging something;

The act of judging or assessing a person or situation or event;

(law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it

The cognitive process of reaching a decision or drawing conclusions

The legal document stating the reasons for a judicial decision;

The capacity to assess situations or circumstances shrewdly and to draw sound conclusions

Ability to make good judgments