Jury Process - Law Dictionary Search Results
indictment
indicting 2 a : a formal written statement framed by a prosecuting authority and found by a grand jury that charges a person or persons with an offense compare complaint, information b : bill of indictment at … indictment 1 : the action or the legal process of indicting 2 a : a formal written statement framed by a prosecuting authority and found by a
Remittitur
Remittitur, means the process by which a court reduces or proposes to reduce the damages awarded in a jury verdict, Black's Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 1298
Habeas corpora juratorum
jurors), a process which issued out of the Court of Common Pleas, commanding the sheriff to summon a jury. The practice was similar to the distringas from the King's Bench and Exchequer for the same purpose. Abolished
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acquittal
liability 2 : a setting free or deliverance from the charge of an offense by verdict of a jury, judgment of a court, or other legal process see also implied acquittal judgment of acquittal at judgment compare
impediment
or right [should have known of the legal s to the execution of any judgment against the police jury "Penalber v. Blount, 550 So. 2d 577 (1989)"] ;specif : a bar to the formation of a valid … impediment : something that prevents or interferes with a process, power, or right [should have known of the legal s to the execution of any judgment against the
fraud
: fraud involving conduct that undermines the integrity of the judicial process (as by improperly influencing a judge, jury, or other court personnel) ;also : extrinsic fraud in this entry intrinsic fraud : fraud (as by the
death qualification
death qualification : the process of excluding a juror from the jury of a case in which the death penalty may be imposed on the grounds that the juror's objection
adversary process
Matched in: Term adversary process
Venire facias
Venire facias, a judicial writ awarded to the sheriff to summon a jury for the trial of a cause, but abolished by (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 104. It is the … the trial of a cause, but abolished by (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 104. It is the first process in outlawry, when a person charged with misdemeanour absconds, 4 Steph. Com.
Execution
state of a suit whereby possession is obtained of anything recovered by a judgment. It is styled final process, and is regulated by R.S.C. 1883, Ord. XLII., r. 17, of which allows immediate execution in ordinary cases. … convey the meaning of carrying out some act or course of conduct to its completion, (vide vol. 33'Corpus Juris Secundum), Haneef Joharan v. Abdul Salam, AIR 2001 SC 3404, (2001) 7 SCC 573. The act of carrying
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