The jury at the Stardust inquests is to resume its deliberations next week following a third day considering their verdicts into the deaths of the 48 people who lost their lives in the 1981 fire.
Earlier, the coroner told the jurors that it was not part of their function to determine civil or criminal liability, or to identify any persons as being responsible for the deaths.
The court has heard how the jury has been given a questionnaire to be filled out dealing with each individual victim, and another set of questions dealing with the circumstances of the fire. In response to another query from the jury, the coroner said when the jurors come to answering a question on contributing factors to the spread of the fire, they must deem them"significant" and not minor and must be based on evidence.
The coroner has previously told the jurors that five potential verdicts are available: accidental death, death by misadventure, unlawful killing, an open verdict or a narrative verdict.
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