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Special verdict

"Special verdicts are where the jury find the facts of the case, and upon those facts refer the decision of the cause to the court, with a conditional conclusion, that if the court should be of opinion that the plaintiff, upon the facts found, has a good cause for action, then they find for the plaintiff; but if otherwise, then they find for the defendant."

Pomeroy's Lessee v. State Bank of Ind., 68 U.S. (1 Wall.) 592, 603 (1863).