open verdict
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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In October 1983, the Cornwall coroner recorded an open verdict and the man's remains were buried in nearby Torpoint.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
An initial request into the five deaths was held in 1973, with the then coroner returning an open verdict.
From BBC ● Apr. 29, 2026
An open verdict was recorded at an inquest last year.
From BBC ● Aug. 10, 2023
An open verdict was recorded at the Brunel University student's inquest in 1999.
From BBC ● Feb. 15, 2023
You feed them and tend them, and they give you scanty and imperfect bloom, or they die, and the intelligent inquest results in an open verdict.
From The New Gulliver and Other Stories by Pain, Barry
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