Assertion: verdict | /r/ObjectUse | used in late seventeenth century
Facets:
value: in order to indicate
type: PURPOSE
value: most frequently
type: DEGREE
Source sentences:
text: In the late seventeenth century it was used most frequently in cases of deaths caused by accidents (such as being run over by a cart or a gun going off unintentionally) in order to indicate that the defendant was not at fault.