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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
High Steward, Court of the Lord, a tribunal instituted for the trial of peers or peeresses indicted for treason or felony, or for misprision of either, but not for any … only, and always to a lord of Parliament. When, therefore, such an indictment is found by a grand jury of freeholders in the King's Bench, or at the assizes before a judge of oyer and terminer, it
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
Bill of exceptions
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 … Bill of exceptions. Prior to the Judicature Acts, if a judge, at the trial of a cause at Nisi Prius, mistook the law, either in directing a judgment of nonsuit or in
Non-direction
on the part of a judge to enforce a necessary point of law upon a jury. See NEW TRIAL; and see (English) Jud. Act, 1875, s. 22, which preserves the right of any party to have the
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
Jeopardy, means the risk of conviction and punish-ment that a criminal defendant faces at trial. Jeopardy attaches in a jury trial when the jury is empaneled, and in a Bench trial when the
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
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