nullification
31Jury nullification — means making a law void by jury decision; in other words, the process whereby a jury in a criminal case effectively nullifies a law by acquitting a defendant regardless of the weight of evidence against him or her. [… …
32Jury nullification in the United States — John Peter Zenger, a printer in the English colony of New York, was tried for seditious libel in 1734 for publishing a newspaper critical of the governor. The jury acquitted Zenger despite the judge s instructions; this is perhaps the most famous …
33jury nullification — (JOOR.ee nul.uh.fuh.KAY.shun) n. The act of a jury finding a person not guilty because they believe the law under which the defendant was charged is unfair, misguided, or not applicable. jury nullifier n. Example Citation: A measure on the South… …
34jury nullification — n: the acquitting of a defendant by a jury in disregard of the judge s instructions and contrary to the jury s findings of fact ◇ Jury nullification is most likely to occur when a jury is sympathetic toward a defendant or regards the law under… …
35Ordinance of Nullification — The Ordinance of Nullification declared the Tariff of 1828 and 1832 null and void within the state borders of South Carolina. It began the Nullification Crisis. Passed by a state convention on November 24, 1832, it led, on December 10, to… …
36Jury Nullification (book) — Jury Nullification: The Evolution of a Doctrine, by Clay Conrad, is one of the major book length treatments of jury nullification.[1] The Federal Lawyer noted, Conrad provides...a comprehensive overview of jury nullification in historical,… …
37Non-violation nullification of benefits — (NVNB) claims are a species of Dispute settlement in the World Trade Organization arising under World Trade Organisation multilateral and bilateral trade agreements. NVNB claims are controversial in that they are widely perceived to promote the… …
38jury nullification — noun an acquittal by a jury of a defendant ignoring the facts of the case and/or the law. The prosecutor thought he lost the case, not due to the creation of reasonable doubt, but due to jury nullification …
39legal nullification of marriage — index divorce Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …
40jury nullification — noun Date: 1982 the acquitting of a defendant by a jury in disregard of the judge s instructions and contrary to the jury s findings of fact …
