Charge to the jury

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.

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.

When in the course of the trial of a cause, the judge, either in his charge to the jury, or in deciding an interlocutory question, mistakes the law, or is supposed by the counsel on either.

jury instructions The judge's explanation of the law that governs a case, given to the jury at the conclusion of the trial, often based upon standardized ("pattern") instructions (see WPI). Sometimes called the judge's charge to the jury.

See also: Case, Trial, Defend, Court, Criminal