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try
upon the facts without a jury "Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 52(a)"] 2 : to conduct the trial of : put on trial [if…the judge before whom the defendant has been tried is unable to perform
Carucate
or any proceeding before a court. [Legal Services Authorities Act, 1987 (39 of 1987), s. 2(1)(a)] Means--(1) A trial. (2) A trial involving some point of law so important as to be published in Law Reports (see
Bail
and 216. Bail in criminal cases is given for the appearance of the party bailed to take his trial to attend a further examination of a charge against him. In all cases of felony, and in certain
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Mistrial
A false or erroneous trial a trial which has no result a trial which comes to no conclusion such as a criminal trial
Brady material
[from Brady v. Maryland, 373 U.S. 83 (1963), in which the Supreme Court ruled that suppression by the prosecution of evidence favorable to a defendant who has requested it violates due process] : evidence known to the
jeopardy
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
error
Cohen"]; see also assignment of error, clearly erroneous NOTE: Generally a party must object to an error at trial in order to raise it as an issue on appeal. clear error : an error made by a
Bill of exceptions
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
calendar
to be heard on a procedural action [the motion ] ;specif : a list of cases ready for trial called also list compare docket NOTE: Generally it is up to the party that wants to go to
Nisi prius
be sent into every county once a year to take these assizes there, 1 Reeves, 246. These local trials being convenient, were applied to other actions: for by the statute of Nisi Prius, 13 Edw. 1, st.
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