Verdict of "dīcere", to say). In a criminal case, the verdict, which may be either "not guilty" or "guilty"—except in Scotland where the verdict of "not proven" is also available—is handed down by the jury. Different counts in the same case may have different verdicts. A verdict of guilty in a criminal case is generally followed by a judgment of conviction rendered by judge, which in turn be followed by sentencing. In U.S. legal nomenclature, the verdict is the finding of the jury on the questions of fact submitted to it. Once the court (the judge) receives the verdict, the judge
Rent control in Scotland in 1988 and accordingly still remains available to landlords who wish to know in advance what the fair rent would be. Its use has now been much curtailed but it could still be used by a housing association who intended to transfer a secure tenant to another house, or by a landlord who was contemplating improvement works to a house subject to a regulated tenancy. This is the Scottish equivalent to protected shorthold tenancies, which were introduced in 1980 by the Housing Act 1980 for England and Wales, the Scottish Act being Tenant's Rights Etc., (Scotland) Act 1980 for Scotland.