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.
He seemed sympathetic to the prosecution of Jeffersonian editors for seditious libel during the election campaign and afterward he railed against the administration during a grand jury charge in 1803.
INSTRUCTIONS - Also called "jury instructions" or "jury charges," these are directions given by the judge to the jury concerning the law of the case and on the applicable legal principles that the jury is duty-bound to follow in deciding guilt ...
 See also: Issue, Party, Law, Act, Wrong
  
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