open verdict

We do not know but that an open verdict was given.

So an open verdict was the only appropriate one he could give.

As there was no medical evidence on the cause of death, he recorded an open verdict.

As to the cause of his death, the jury returned an open verdict.

If it's an open verdict, maybe, but not certainly, the same.

If the jury was not satisfied on both of these, they were to return an open verdict.

Although she left a suicide note, an open verdict was recorded.

However, the second inquest also returned an open verdict in May 2004.

The coroner returned an open verdict due to a lack of evidence.

I gathered it was a kind of open verdict.

An open verdict was recorded at the inquest into the events.

The first inquest jury in 2002 returned an open verdict.

An open verdict is given where the cause of death cannot be identified on the evidence available to the inquest.

Open verdict: Family of barn fire victim say it rules out suicide.

The inquest that took place in September 2002 reached an open verdict.

The coroner recorded an open verdict, and the police made no further investigations.

An open verdict was reached due to the advanced state of the body's decomposition.

In its open verdict on 12 December 2008, the jury decided 8 to 2 that no shouted warning had been given.

The coroner delivered an open verdict, however his death is often described as suicide.

An inquest was held and the coroner returned an open verdict.

Citing "insufficient evidence of the circumstances", he declared an open verdict.

The inquest into the deaths of those on board recorded an open verdict.

An inquest into his death returned an open verdict.

An inquest into the death returned an open verdict and led to damages being paid to the boy's family.

Current legal guidance is to avoid open verdicts if possible: