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compromise verdict

compromise verdict see verdict

..... for the defendant and in criminal actions is guilty or not guilty compare judgment compromise verdict a verdict produced not by sincere unanimous agreement on guilt or liability but by an improper ..... the deliberative process having a jury achieve unanimity on a higher charge first discourages compromise verdicts on lesser included offenses in some jurisdictions it has been considered proper to afford .....

Withdrawal of juror

withdrawal of juror when a jury cannot agree upon a verdict or even merely for the sake of compromise one of them is often withdrawn by consent of the litigants so as to put an end to the proceedings but there may be a re trial on breach of terms thomas v exeter etc co 1887 18 qbd 822

Arrangements between debtors and creditors

..... by the court reorganize their finances under s 153 of the companies act 1929 a compromise or arrangement between any company liable to be wound up under that act and its ..... at the meeting or by letter received not later than the day before it a majority in number and three fourths in value of all the creditors who have proved their .....

Payment of Money into Court

..... payment into court is not strictly a defence it is rather an attempt at a compromise no such plea was known to the common law it is entirely the creature of ..... fact of such payment is not to be communicated to a jury until after the verdict is given as to tender of amends and payment into court by justices of the .....

Recovery

..... that the tenant in tail should be paid a sum of money as consideration this compromise was entered on the rolls of the court the effect of a fine varied from ..... a man sue for any land or other thing movable or immovable and gain a verdict or judgment a feigned recovery an abolished common assurance by matter of record in fraud .....

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