Trial By Jury - Law Dictionary Search Results
bill
act formerly permitted that attainted a person and imposed a sentence of death without benefit of a judicial trial see also attainder compare bill of pains and penalties in this entry 2 : a legislative act that … indictment : an instrument that contains the charges against a defendant and that is presented to a grand jury for determination after a preliminary hearing whether there is enough evidence to issue an indictment called also indictment
Discharge of a jury
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Special jury
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High Steward, Court of the Lord
vote upon the trial and regulate all the proceed-ings. The method and regulation of proceeding differs little from trial by jury, except that no special verdict can be given, because the judges are sufficiently competent to deal with the
Bill of exceptions
any rule, etc., shall prejudice the right of any party to any action to have the issues for trial by jury submitted and left by the judge to the jury, etc.: Provided also, that the said right may be
Challenge
causes above named, the jury-processes maybe directed to the coroner, or they would be grounds for a new trial. (2) A challenge to the polls, which is an exception to one or more of the jurors who
Non-direction
(English) Jud. Act, 1875, s. 22, which preserves the right of any party to have the issues for trial by jury left to the jury, with a proper and complete direction to the jury upon the law, and as
nisi prius
a court of record that tries an issue of fact before a jury and a single judge : trial court ;also : the proceedings in such a court : the conducting of jury trials [long-distance travel eliminated
jeopardy
offense see also double jeopardy NOTE: Jeopardy attaches, or comes into effect for double jeopardy purposes, when a jury is sworn in or, in a non-jury trial, when the judge begins to hear evidence. The Fifth Amendment … loss, or injury 2 : the danger of conviction that an accused person is subjected to when on trial for a criminal offense see also double jeopardy NOTE: Jeopardy attaches, or comes into effect for double jeopardy
bench trial
Matched in: Term bench trial
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