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jury_nullification
jury nullification
English
Noun
jury nullification (uncountable)
- (law) 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.
Translations
(law) an acquittal by a jury of a defendant ignoring the facts of the case and/or the law
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