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presumption
fact and one inferred from it presumption of innocence : a rebuttable presumption in the favor of the defendant in a criminal action imposing on the prosecution the burden of proving guilt beyond a reasonable doubt presumption
Bail
in the Code although offences are classified as bailable and non-bailable. Law, at the service of life, must respond interpretatively to raw realities and make for liberties. Primarily Chapter XXXIII is the nidus of the law of
dismissal
2 a : the termination of an action or claim usually before the presentation of evidence by the defendant in·vol·un·tary dismissal 1 : the dismissal of an action by the court because of the plaintiff's failure to
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ineffective assistance of counsel
ineffective assistance of counsel :representation of a criminal defendant that is so flawed as to deprive the defendant of a fair trial [claimed ineffective assistance of counsel
interlocking confession
interlocking confession : a confession of a defendant in a joint trial that agrees in important respects with that of a codefendant NOTE: The use of
jury nullification
jury nullification : the acquitting of a defendant by a jury in disregard of the judge's instructions and contrary to the jury's findings of fact NOTE:
party
to a third party] b : one (as an individual, firm, or corporation) that constitutes the plaintiff or defendant in an action ;also : one so involved in the prosecution or defense of a judicial or quasi-judicial
plea bargain
plea bargain The process in which the defendant and the prosecutor in a criminal case work out a mutually satisfactory disposition of the case subject to
presentence report
presentence report : a report prepared by a probation officer upon conviction of a defendant that assists the sentencing court in imposing an appropriate sentence NOTE: The information contained in a presentence report
Distributive finding of the issue
cases in which an issue may be found distributively; i.e., in part for plaintiff and in part for defendant. Thus, in an action for goods sold and work done, if the defendant pleaded that he never was
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