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instructed verdict
Matched in: Term instructed verdict
instruction
applicable principle of law given by a judge to a jury before the jury retires to consider its verdict called also jury charge jury instruction NOTE: Under both the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and the Federal … instruction : an explanation of an applicable principle of law given by a judge to a jury before the
Mischarge
Mischarge, an erroneous jury instruction that may be grounds for reversing a verdict, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1013.
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mandatory instruction
a factual situation which if found by the jury to be supported by the evidence requires a certain verdict … mandatory instruction : an instruction that sets out a factual situation which if found by the jury to be supported
remittitur
back, remit] 1 a : a procedure under which a court may order the reduction of an excessive verdict ;esp : a procedure in which the court requires the plaintiff to remit the portion of the verdict … court for further proceedings (as additional findings of fact) or for entry of a judgment in accordance with instructions or the decision of the higher court
issue
of fact that requires adjudication by trial rather than summary judgment because sufficient evidence exists to support a verdict for the party opposing the motion for summary judgment NOTE: The burden is on the party moving for
Trade Union
employment; or (iii) any agreement in consideration of the sale of the goodwill of a business or of instruction in any profession, trade or handicraft. [Trade Unions Act, 1926 (16 of 1926), s. 2 (h)] S. 2(h) … civil servants. In the celebrated case of Allen v. Flood, 1898, AC 1, it was held by a majority of six to three in the House of Lords, after consulting eight judges, and reversing the judgment of
Jury
of every county for every commission of over and terminal and general gaol delivery. The grand jury is instructed in the Articles of their inquiry by the presiding judge. They sit in private, and receive indictments inquiring, … Jury [fr. jurata, Lat.; jure, Fr.], a number of persons sworn to deliver a verdict upon evidence delivered to them touching the issue. Trial by jury may be traced to the earliest Anglo-Saxon
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