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instructed verdict — see verdict Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
verdict — From the Latin veredictum, a true declaration. Clark v. State, 170 Tenn. 494, 499, 97 S.W.2d 644, 646. The formal decision or finding made by a jury, impaneled and sworn for the trial of a cause, and reported to the court (and accepted by it),… … Black's law dictionary
Verdict — This article is about the legal finding of fact. For the Agatha Christie play, see Verdict (play). For the magazine by Robert Brinsmead, see Present Truth Magazine. For any of several film and TV dramas, see The Verdict (disambiguation) … Wikipedia
directed verdict — noun a verdict entered by the court in a jury trial without consideration by the jury there cannot be a directed verdict of guilty in a criminal trial • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑verdict, ↑finding of fact * * * noun … Useful english dictionary
Consider Your Verdict — Country of origin Australia No. of episodes 163 Production R … Wikipedia
Jury — A jury a sworn body of persons convened to render a rational, impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. A trial in which a jury decides the verdict is known as a… … Wikipedia
Jury nullification — means making a law void by jury decision; in other words, the process whereby a jury in a criminal case effectively nullifies a law by acquitting a defendant regardless of the weight of evidence against him or her. [… … Wikipedia
Jury nullification in the United States — John Peter Zenger, a printer in the English colony of New York, was tried for seditious libel in 1734 for publishing a newspaper critical of the governor. The jury acquitted Zenger despite the judge s instructions; this is perhaps the most famous … Wikipedia
R. v. Dudley and Stephens — Infobox Court Case name = R. v. Dudley and Stephens court = Queen s Bench Division date filed = date decided = 1884 full name = Her Majesty The Queen v. Tom Dudley and Edwin Stephens citations = [1884] 14 QBD 273 DC judges = Lord Coleridge, Lord… … Wikipedia
R v Dudley and Stephens — Sketch of the Mignonette by Tom Dudley Court High Court of Justice (Queen s Bench Division) Full case name Her Majesty The Queen v. Tom Dudley and Edwin Stephens … Wikipedia
