special verdict has no recorded synonym. Each sense below keeps its own list, because a synonym belongs to a meaning and not to a word: swapping one sense's substitute into another sense's sentence is how a thesaurus makes writing worse. Its one recorded opposite is general verdict.
Counts are distinct word forms across every sense. A synonym that appears under three senses is counted once here and shown three times below, under each sense it belongs to.
a verdict rendered on certain specific factual issues posed by the court without finding for one party or the other
Synonyms, antonyms and the broader and narrower relations for special verdict come from Princeton University’s WordNet. Full sources and licences.