Silent - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: silentsilent
silent 1 : making no utterance : resolved not to speak esp. about a certain topic [the right to remain ] 2 : making no mention or account : omitting explanation and leaving questions unanswered [a criminal statute as to the requirement of intent] 3 : taking no active part in the conduct of a business [a member of a firm] see also silent partner at partner ...
Silent leges inter arma
Silent leges inter arma (4 Inst. 70), the laws are silent amidst arms....
right to remain silent
right to remain silent see privilege against self-incrimination. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
silent partner
silent partner see partner ...
silent record
silent record : a record of a criminal proceeding which does not show that the defendant acted with knowledge or understanding of his or her rights (as in entering a plea of guilty or waiving the right to counsel) ...
silent witness theory
silent witness theory : a theory or rule in the law of evidence: photographic evidence (as photographs or videotapes) produced by a process whose reliability is established may be admitted as substantive evidence of what it depicts without the need for an eyewitness to verify the accuracy of its depiction ...
Silently
In a silent manner...
Silentness
State of being silent silence...
Miranda rights
Miranda rights [from Miranda v. Arizona, the 1966 U.S. Supreme Court ruling establishing such rights] : the rights (as the right to remain silent, to have an attorney present, and to have an attorney appointed if indigent) of which an arresting officer must advise the person being arrested see also Miranda v. Arizona in the Important Cases section NOTE: A reading of the Miranda rights usually includes a warning that anything said could be used as evidence. No statements made by an arrested person or evidence obtained therefrom may be introduced at trial unless the person was advised of or validly waived these rights. A fresh reading of the Miranda rights may be required by the passage of time after the initial reading, as for example if a previously silent person begins to speak or police interrogate a person more than once. ...
implied acquittal
implied acquittal : an acquittal of a more serious offense (as first-degree murder) that is considered to result from a verdict which convicts the defendant of a lesser included offense while remaining silent on the greater one NOTE: A greater offense and a lesser included offense are the same offense under a double jeopardy analysis. Therefore, a conviction of a lesser included offense and implied acquittal of the greater offense bars retrial on the greater offense. ...
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