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Verdict

in a non jury trial, a judge's resolution of the issues of a case. The verdict is either general or special. A general verdict is given, viva voce, by the jury, thus, 'We find for the plaintiff, … Verdict [fr. vere dictum, Lat.], the determination of a jury declared to a judge. 1. A jury's finding or decision on factual issue of a case 2. Loosely, in a non jury trial, a judge's resolution

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independent counsel

independent counsel : an official appointed by the court at the request of the U.S. Attorney General to investigate and prosecute criminal violations by high government officials, members of Congress, or directors of a presidential … members of Congress, or directors of a presidential reelection campaign after a preliminary investigation by the Attorney General finds specific and credible evidence that a crime may have been committed NOTE: The use of an independent counsel

temporary protected status (tps)

persons temporary refuge in the United States. Under a provision of the Immigration Act of 1990, the Attorney General may designate nationals of a foreign state to be eligible for TPS with a finding that conditions in

knowledge engineering

knowledge or find useful information in large bodies of data The study of methods for knowledge engineering is generally considered as a branch of artificial intelligence … The application of computerized data and text manipulation to manage and interpret large bodies of knowledge or find useful information in large bodies of data The study of methods for knowledge engineering is generally considered as

Fox's Act

[the (English) Libel Act, 1792], which secured to juries, upon indictments for libel, the right of pronouncing a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter in issue, and no longer bound them to … verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter in issue, and no longer bound them to find a verdict of guilty on proof of the publication of the paper charged to be a libel, and

Legally and Justly due

Tribunal, will find recognition on the basis that it does not suffer from any legal infirmity, India and General Investment Trust Ltd. v. Purna Chandra Mardaraj Rao, AIR 1967 SC 1251 (1256): (1967) 2 SCR 245. [Orissa … due', i.e., that such a claim, if sought to be enforced in a Court of Judicial Tribunal, will find recognition on the basis that it does not suffer from any legal infirmity, India and General Investment Trust

Accessary, or Accessory

in all respects as if he were a principal felon, and an accessory after the fact is in general punishable with imprisonment for any term not exceeding two years (with or without hard labour), and may also … for any term not exceeding two years (with or without hard labour), and may also be required to find security to keep the peace, or in default to suffer an additional imprisonment to the extent of one

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