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Judge's Notes

judge s notes see notes

Notes, Judge's

..... cannot be obtained as a matter of right in criminal trials the judge must it seems take such notes and furnish them in cases of appeal to the court of ..... court in which there is a right of appeal the judge at the request of either party shall make a note of any question of law raised and of the ..... notes judge s a judge usually takes notes of the viva voce evidence given during the trial of an action and .....

In mercy

in mercy means at a judge s discretion concerning punishment a judgment formerly noted which litigant lost by stating that the unsuccessful party was in the court s mercy a plaintiff held in mercy for a false claim for example was said to be in misericordia pro falso clamore suo black s law dictionary 7th edn p 791

clearly erroneous

..... amendment vii to the constitution in the back matter compare abuse of discretion de novo note the requirement that findings be clearly erroneous to be set aside is a standard of ..... review used esp by an appellate court when reviewing a trial judge s as opposed to a jury s findings of fact for error

fair trial

..... that is conducted fairly justly and with procedural regularity by an impartial judge and in which the defendant is afforded his or her rights under the ..... u s constitution or the appropriate state constitution or other law note among the factors used to determine whether a defendant received a fair trial ..... s witnesses the presence of an impartial jury and the judge s freedom from bias

Article III court

article iii court a court created in accordance with article iii of the u s constitution whose judges have positions for life and cannot have their salaries reduced compare legislative court note the purpose of the salary and position guarantees enjoyed by the judges of article iii courts is to ensure that their decisions are not influenced by fear of losing their positions or salaries

comment

..... opinion or attitude about something as a a remark to a jury by a judge or prosecutor about evidence note a prosecutor may not remark to the jury that a defendant s failure ..... to testify implies guilt and a judge may not remark to the jury his or her .....

precedent

..... a judicial decision that should be followed by a judge when deciding a later similar case see also stare decisis compare dictum note to serve as precedent for a pending case a .....

jury nullification

..... of a defendant by a jury in disregard of the judge s instructions and contrary to the jury s findings of fact note jury nullification is most likely to occur when a .....

concur

..... present u s constitution art ii specif to join in an appellate decision compare dissent note a judge or justice may concur with the decision of the court but not agree with .....

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