(N. O. V. ) n. reversal of a jury's verdict by the trial judge when the judge believes
there was no factual basis for the verdict or it was contrary to law. The judge
will then enter a different verdict as "a matter of law. " Essentially the judge
should have required a "directed verdict" (instruction to the jury to return with
a particular verdict since the facts allowed no other conclusion), and when the
jury "went wrong," the judge uses the power to reverse the verdict instead of approving
it, to prevent injustice. This process is commonly called "judgment N. O. V. " or
simply "N. O. V. ," for Latin non obstante veredicto.
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