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finding
finding : a determination resulting from judicial or administrative examination or inquiry (as at trial) esp. into matters of fact as embodied in the verdict of a jury or decision of a court,
final argument
final argument : an argument made to the jury or to the judge in a bench trial by both sides of a case after all the evidence has been presented
dock
docke dok pen, cage] : the place in a criminal court where a prisoner stands or sits during trial compare bar, bench, jury box, sidebar, stand
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closing arguments
closing arguments after all the evidence has been presented in a trial, lawyers' presentations summarizing the evidence and attempting to persuade the jury to draw conclusions favorable to their clients.
clearly erroneous
to be set aside is a standard of review used esp. by an appellate court when reviewing a trial judge's (as opposed to a jury's) findings of fact for error.
Allen charge
the Supreme Court case Allen v. United States, 164 U.S. 492 (1896), which upheld the right of a trial judge to make such a charge] : a charge to a deadlocked jury to make a further effort
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in controversy, or of a place where a crime has been committed, by the jury previously to the trial. See (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 14; H.T. 1853, rr. 48, 49; (English) R.S.C. 1883, Ord. L., rr.
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