different between verdict vs confiscation

English

Etymology

From Middle English verdit, from Old French verdit, from veir (“true”) + dit (“saying”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?.d?kt/

Noun

verdict (plural verdicts)

1. (law) A decision on an issue of fact in a civil or criminal case or an inquest.
2. An opinion or judgement.

Derived terms

• bastard verdict
• open verdict
• Scottish verdict
• special verdict
• verdictive
• verdict’s out
• verdict’s in

Translations

Further reading

• verdict in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• verdict in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??.dikt/

Noun

verdict m (plural verdicts)

1. verdict

Middle English

Noun

verdict

1. Alternative form of verdit

Old French

Noun

verdict m (oblique plural verdicz or verdictz, nominative singular verdicz or verdictz, nominative plural verdict)

1. Alternative form of verdit

Romanian

Etymology

From French verdict.

Noun

verdict n (plural verdicte)

1. verdict

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle French confiscation.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

confiscation (countable and uncountable, plural confiscations)

1. The act or process of confiscating.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Latin confiscatio.

Pronunciation

Noun

confiscation f (plural confiscations)

1. confiscation

Related terms

• confisquer

Further reading

• “confiscation” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).