jury nullification

English

Noun

jury nullification (countable and uncountable, plural jury nullifications)

(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

Finnish: lautamiehistön hylkäävä päätös
Russian: нуллифици́рующий верди́кт суда́ прися́жных m (nullificírujuščij verdíkt sudá prisjážnyx)

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