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verdict verdict
verdict in law, official decision of a jury respecting questions of fact that the judge has laid before it. In the United States, verdicts must be unanimous in federal courts, but majority verdicts are constitutionally permissible in state courts. The jury may be instructed to render a general... Read more
Bruno Richard Hauptmann Bruno Richard Hauptmann
Bruno Richard Hauptmann Trial: 1935 Defendant: Bruno Richard HauptmannCrime Charged: MurderChief Defense Lawyer: Edward J. ReillyChief Prosecutor David T. WilentzJudge: Thomas W. TrenchardPlace: Flemington, New JerseyDates of Trial: January 2-February 13, 1935Verdict: ... Read more
Attainder Attainder
ATTAINDER At common law, that extinction of civil rights and capacities that took place whenever a person who had committed treason or a felony received a sentence of death for the crime. The effect of attainder upon a felon was, in general terms, that all estate, real and personal, was... Read more
Scottsboro Case Scottsboro Case
Scottsboro Case In 1931 nine black youths were indicted at Scottsboro, Ala., on charges of having raped two white women in a freight car passing through Alabama. In a series of trials the youths were found guilty and sentenced to death or to prison terms of 75 to 99 years. The U.S. Supreme Court... Read more
inquest inquest
inquest in law, a body of men appointed by law to inquire into certain matters. The term also refers to the inquiry itself as well as to the findings of the inquiry. The most usual form of inquest today is that conducted by the coroner to discover the cause of a death that was sudden, violent, or... Read more
Amy Robsart Amy Robsart
Amy Robsart , 1532-60, maiden name of the wife of Robert Dudley, later earl of Leicester , a favorite of Queen Elizabeth I of England. When Lady Dudley was found dead at the foot of a staircase in Cumnor Hall, Berkshire, rumor had it that her husband had arranged her murder so that he might be free... Read more
nisi prius nisi prius
nisi prius. The statute of Westminster II, chapter 30, established this system which was an important factor in the growth of the common law. The Court of Common Pleas was established at Westminster palace after Magna Carta (1215), but the disadvantage of bringing cases before the justices there was... Read more
Douglas cause Douglas cause
Douglas cause. On the death of the 1st duke of Douglas in 1761, the estates were disputed on behalf of his cousin, the duke of Hamilton, aged 5, and Archibald Stewart, claiming to be a nephew, aged 13. In 1767 the Court of Session decided against the nephew but in 1769 the House of Lords reversed... Read more
Mary Dyer Mary Dyer
Mary Dyer Trials: 1659 and 1660 Defendant: Mary DyerCrime Charged: QuakerismChief Defense Lawyer: NoneChief Prosecutor: No RecordJudge: Governor John EndecottPlace: Boston, Massachusetts Bay ColonyDates: October 19, 1659; May 31, 1660Verdicts: GuiltySentences: First trial: death... Read more
Ayers Rock Ayers Rock
Ayers Rock a red rock mass in Northern Territory, Australia, south-west of Alice Springs, the largest monolith in the world.In 1980 it was the site of a famous mystery, the disappearance of a nine-week-old girl said to have been carried off by a dingo; the child's body was never found, and although... Read more

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