Charge at Legal Glossary What is it? A formal accusation of criminal activity. The prosecuting attorney decides on the charges, after reviewing police reports, witness statements and any other evidence of wrongdoing.
Charge: Formal accusation of having committed a criminal offense.
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Discharge definition:
A sentence of a person found guilty of a crime in which that person does not receive a criminal record of conviction, either absolutely or conditionally.
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Charge
1 It is an instruction given by the Judge to the members of Jury before the trial is taken over by jury. The judge explains the possible laws that apply in that particular case. 2.
The discharge of an order is necessary before making a different order on the same subject.
Charge: The criminal offense which is contained in the indictment.
Chambers: A judge's office.
Charge to the jury: The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
Charge to the Jury: The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
Charge: The law that the police believe the defendant has broken.
DISCHARGE - The act by which a person in confinement under some legal process, or held on an accusation of some crime or misdemeanor, is set at liberty; the writing containing the order for his being so set at liberty, is also called a discharge.
Floating Charge
A mortgage, debenture or other security documentation, is likely to create charges over particular assets as security for borrowings or other indebtedness. There are essentially two types of charge, floating and fixed.
Municipal Discharge: Discharge of effluent from waste water treatment plants which receive waste water from households, commercial establishments, and industries in the coastal drainage basin.
Constructive Discharge: A type of termination of the employment relationship in which the employee quits, but the employer is liable as if a wrongful termination occurred, ...
However, Lisa ended up winning on her claim of abusive discharge. After all, the state courts had clearly articulated a general public policy of protecting people who file police reports in good faith.
Charge:
An encumbrance, lien or financial obligation that is attached to some property. For example, a person who files a lien against a piece of property might say that he has a charge against that property.
charge - The statement accusing a person of committing a particular crime. Also the judge's instructions to jury on it duties, on the law involved in the case and on how the law in the case must be applied.
charge: The law that the police believe the defendant has broken.
charge to the jury: The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that applies to the facts of the case on trial.
chargeThe judge's instructions to jury on it duties, on the law involved in the case and on how the law in the case must be applied. The charge is always given just before jury deliberations.
charge to jury: in trial practice, an address delivered by the court to the jury at the close of the case instructing the jury as to what principles of law they are to apply in reaching a decision
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Charge: Formal accusation of a crime.
Charge to Jury: In trial practice, an address delivered by the court to the jury at the close of the case instructing the jury as to what principles of law they are to apply in reaching a decision.
CHARGES - A formal accusation, indictment, or other criminal complaint form used to inform an accused person of the existence of a criminal offense against him or her. These are also sometimes merely called "criminal charges." ...
charge (to jury) The judge's instructions to the jury concerning the law that governs the case, given at the conclusion of the trial.
chief judge Presiding judge within a court. See further explanation under presiding judge.
Charge to the Jury - A judge’s instructions to the jury which contain information about the laws which relate to the issues to be decided in a case.
CHARGE. wills, devises. An obligation which a testator imposes on his devisee; as, if the testator give Peter, Blackacre, and direct that he shall pay to John during his life an annuity of one hundred dollars, ...
Charges of communism
Certain critics have complained that the New Deal was infiltrated with communists. One group (in the Department of Agriculture) was fired in 1934, but Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss went deeper underground.
Discharge - The name given to the bankruptcy court's formal discharge of a debtor's debts. In probate, the release of the estate's representative from fiduciary responsibility.
Disclaim - To refuse a gift made in a will.
discharge : Flow of surface water in a stream or canal or the outflow of ground water from a flowing artesian well, ditch, or spring.
Late Charge
A penalty for failure to pay an installment on time.
Legal Description
A description by which property can be definitely located by reference to surveys or recorded maps. Sometimes referred to simply as the legal.
JURY CHARGE - The judge's instructions to the jurors on the law that applies in a case and definitions of the relevant legal concepts. These instructions may be complex and are often pivotal in a jury's discussions.
Charge off
Definition - Transitive Verb
: to treat as a loss or expense
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: to deduct as a bad debt <part of the debt is charged off Code of Federal Regulations> ...
A charge made against someone or something before proof has been found
Arraignment
A proceeding in which an individual who is accused of committing a crime is brought into court, told of the charges, and asked to plead guilty or not guilty.
surcharge
n. an additional charge of money made because it was omitted in t...
surety
n. a guarantor of payment or performance if another fails to pay ...
surcharge due
an additional fee that may be required due to late or insufficient payment of fees
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In the charge delivered by Mr Justice Blackburn in the Jamaica case the law as affecting the general question of martial law is well set out.
Parents charged under the Deadbeat Parents Punishment Act may also be forced to pay restitution equal to the total amount of child support they owe at the time sentencing takes place.
claim or charge held by one party, on property owned by a second party, as security for payment of some debt, obligation, or duty owed by that second party.
Fees
A charge for services.
Court fees payable in various proceedings as set out by regulation. Contingency Fee Fees payable to a lawyer only if a case is successful. They are usually based on a percentage of the client's recovery.
See dynamite charge.
alternate beneficiary
A person, organization or institution that receives property through a will, trust or insurance policy when the first named beneficiary is unable or refuses to take the property.
Drayage: charge made for local hauling by dray or truck.
Dry-bulk container: a container constructed to carry grain, powder and other free-flowing solids in bulk. This container is used in conjunction with a tilt chassis or platform.
WRONGFUL DISCHARGE An at-will employee's cause of action against his former employer, alleging that his discharge was in violation of state or federal anti-discrimination statutes.
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Claim: The charge by one spouse against another.
Clear Title: Transferring ownership of an asset without any encumbrances, obstructions or burdens that present any reasonable question of law or fact.
" TOP Plea bargaining : Negotiations during a criminal trial, between an accused person and a prosecutor in which the accused agrees to admit to a crime (sometimes a lesser crime than the one set out in the original charge), ...
In criminal law, a charge, preferred before a magistrate having jurisdiction, that a person named (or an unknown person) has committed a specified offense, with an offer to prove the fact, to the end that a prosecution may be instituted.
Entrapment The inducement, by law enforcement officers or their agents, of another person to commit a crime for the purposes of bringing charges for the commission of that artificially-provoked crime.
Charge: Form of security for payment of a debt.
Chattels: Moveable items of property which are neither land nor permanently attached to land or a building.
Amortization - Provision for the gradual reduction of an obligation by periodically contributing to a fund to discharge a debt or make replacement when it becomes necessary.
in the lawsuit arise from some law that provides for the winner to recover his attorneys’ fees (as in Florida’s residential but not commercial landlord-tenant disputes), you cannot make the other side pay you for fees your lawyers charge.
Fees - A charge fixed by law for services of public officers or for use of a privilege under government control. A charge or wages for services given to one for the services performed, such as fiduciary or attorney fees.
The legal method for a debtor to "discharge" or relieve debt. Bankruptcy is a way for individuals or businesses owing more money than they can pay to either work out a plan to repay the money over time or to have their debt wiped out.
A charge, a pecuniary burden, for the support of government. United States v. Baltimore & Ohio R. Co., 17 Wall. 326 (1872), Hunt, J. A tax is not a "debt," that is, an obligation for the payment of money founded upon contract.
arraignment: the defendant is advised of the charge against him or her and the rights he or she has. Bail is set. If the charge is a misdemeanor the defendant enters a plea in the Magistrate's Division.
an order (writ) of a court which directs a law enforcement officer (usually a sheriff) to arrest and bring a person before the judge, such as a person who is charged with a crime, convicted of a crime but failed to appear for sentencing, ...
Exonerate: Removal of a charge, responsibility, or duty.
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The document, equivalent to a charge sheet in the Magistrates' court outlining the offences for which a defendant is to stand trial. USA: a formal accusation returned by a Grand Jury, that charges a person with a serious crime.
accusatio - the bringing of a criminal charge, normally (until the early Empire) by a private citizen who, acting as the accuser (delator) lodged a complaint with a magistrate.
Means the charge and control of a child including the right to make all major decisions such as education, religious upbringing, training, health and welfare.
Preliminary Hearing - Synonymous with "preliminary examination"; the hearing given a person charged with a crime by a judge to determine whether he should be held for trial.
Status offenders - Youths charged with the status of being beyond the control of their legal guardian or are habitually disobedient, truant from school, or having committed other acts that would not be a crime if committed by an adult, i.e.
Reply - The response by a party to charges raised in a pleading by the other party.
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Acquittal - A release, absolution, or discharge of an obligation or liability. In criminal law the finding of not guilty.
Action Case- Cause, suit, or controversy disputed or contested before a court of justice.
Disposition - 1. Determination of a charge; termination of any legal action; 2. A sentence of a juvenile offender.
Dissent - The disagreement of one or more judges of a court with the decision of the majority.
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