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open verdict
The open verdict is an option open to a coroner's jury at an inquest in the legal system of England and Wales. The verdict means that the jury confirms that the death is suspicious but is unable to reach any of the other verdicts open to them. Mortality studies consider it likely that the majority of open verdicts are recorded in cases of suicide where the intent of the deceased could not be proved, although the verdict is recorded in many other circumstances.
==Meaning==
Two Lords Chief Justice have cautioned that the verdict does not mean that the jury is failing to do their duty of explaining the cause of death, but that in some cases there is real doubt about how the death came about.〔 However, the uncertainty explicit in the verdict has led many to regard it as an unsatisfactory one.〔See, for example Jon J. Nordby PhD, ''Dead Reckoning: The Art of Forensic Detection'', CRC Press, 1999, p. 243: "An open verdict satisfies no one."〕 Current legal guidance is to avoid open verdicts if possible:
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