Collocations for verdict - noun

adverse, favourable/favorable
In the case of an adverse verdict, the company could lose millions.

guilty, not guilty, not proven (BrE)
majority (esp. BrE), unanimous
a unanimous verdict of not guilty

split (esp. AmE)
formal
The jury returned a formal verdict after direction by the judge.

narrative (BrE)
jury, trial
appeal, inquest (BrE)
manslaughter (esp. BrE), murder
accident, accidental death, misadventure, suicide (all BrE)
open (BrE)
An open verdict was the only appropriate one.

consider
The judge sent the jury away to consider its verdict.

agree, agree on, arrive at, reach
They reached a verdict after hours of deliberation.

announce, bring in, deliver, give, hand down, issue, pass, pronounce, read, read out, record (esp. BrE), render (esp. AmE), return
The verdict was delivered in front of a packed courtroom.
The coroner recorded a verdict of accidental death.
The jury returned a verdict of guilty at the end of the trial.

accept
appeal (AmE), appeal against (esp. BrE)
overturn, quash (esp. BrE), reverse, set aside, throw out (esp. AmE)
His family always insisted that the original ‘guilty’ verdict should be overturned.

uphold
The verdict was upheld at appeal.

be in sb's favour/favor
be in, come down, come in (all esp. AmE)
The verdict came in this afternoon.

verdict of
a verdict of accidental death

verdict against, verdict in favour/favor of
We believe that the verdict against him was unfair.

the court's verdict, the judge's verdict, the jury's verdict
The jury's verdict was unanimous.

final
The panel will give its final verdict tomorrow.

general, overall (esp. BrE), unanimous
The unanimous verdict was that the picnic had been a great success.

damning (esp. BrE)

give

verdict on
What's your verdict on her new book?