Search Result for "directed verdict":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a verdict entered by the court in a jury trial without consideration by the jury;
- Example: "there cannot be a directed verdict of guilty in a criminal trial"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

directed verdict
    n 1: a verdict entered by the court in a jury trial without
         consideration by the jury; "there cannot be a directed
         verdict of guilty in a criminal trial"