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Lunatic
45.As to the criminal responsibility of insane persons, see MACNAUGHTON'S CASE, RULES IN. A jury may return the special verdict that a prisoner is guilty of the offence charged but insane at the time he committed it
Unica taxatio
Unica taxatio, the obsolete language of a special award of venire, where, of several defendants, one pleads, and one lets judgment go by default, whereby the … award of venire, where, of several defendants, one pleads, and one lets judgment go by default, whereby the jury, who are to try and assess damages on the issue, are also to assess damages against the defendant
error
"Moses v. Burgin, 445 F.2d 369 (1971)"] often used without an article [had been to give the jury special interrogatories "K. A. Cohen"]; see also assignment of error, clearly erroneous NOTE: Generally a party must object to
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blue ribbon
selected or chosen for special qualifications as a blue ribbon grand jury
Idem sonans
see also Wells v. Cooper, (1874) 30 LT 721, where in an action of trespass Thomas Cox, a special juror, served by mistake for Thomas Fox on a common jury. And see MISNOMER.
Special pleaders
Matched in: Term Special pleaders
Sessions of the peace
to places of petty sessions, see (English) Petty Sessions Act, 1849 (12 & 13 Vict. c. 18). II. Special Sessions.--A special session is a sitting of two or more justices, held not of their own mere motion … c. 2 and 34 Edw. 3, c. 1. The two main jurisdictions are (1) to try, with a jury, for indictable offences not excepted by the Act of 1842 as below, and (2) to hear appeals from
Averment
bankruptcy under the repealed 6 Geo. 4, c. 16. Verifications or averments were of two kinds: common and special. Common were applied to ordinary cases, and were in the following form:- 'And this the plaintiff (or defendant) … where the matter pleaded was intended to be tried by record or by some other method than a jury. They were in the following forms:- 'And this the plaintiff (or defendant) is ready to verify, by the
verdict
determine that the answers to the interrogatories prevail "Berk v. Matthews, 559 N.E.2d 1301 (1990)"] see also interrogatory, special interrogatory compare special verdict in this entry in·struct·ed verdict : directed verdict in this entry par·tial verdict 1 … Latin verus) + dit saying, from Latin dictum] 1 : the usually unanimous finding or decision of a jury on one or more matters (as counts of an indictment or complaint) submitted to it in trial that
Reference
were appointed shortly before that Act came into operation. To any of such official referees, or to a special referee, questions arising in an action may, by (English) Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 88, 89, be referred: (1) … may, by (English) Jud. Act, 1925, ss. 88, 89, be referred: (1) subject to the right to a jury, for inquiry and report; or (2) where the parties consent, and also without such consent in any cause
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