open verdict

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noun

a finding by a coroner's jury of death without stating the cause

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How to use open verdict in a sentence

I gather that you disagreed very strongly with the open verdict which was returned at the inquest upon your uncle?
The Great Prince Shan|E. Phillips Oppenheim
More than two weeks after the artist was slain the Coroner's panel returned an open verdict.
Twenty Years a Detective in the Wickedest City in the World|Clifton R. Wooldridge
The jury returned an open verdict that the ship had certainly been stolen, but by whom there was no evidence to show.
Cornish Characters|S. Baring-Gould
I was disgusted with the open verdict, and wanted men to be up and doing and trying to find me out.
The Big Bow Mystery|I. Zangwill

They returned what is called an open verdict, and the matter passed away from the minds of the general public.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. V, No. XXIX., October, 1852|Various