A sudden and overwhelming emergency, beyond the court’s and parties’ control, that makes conducting a trial or reaching a fair result impossible and that therefore authorizes the granting of a mistrial. • The standard of manifest necessity must be met to preclude a defendant from successfully raising a plea of former jeopardy after a mistrial. […]
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lex manifesta (leks man-[schwa]-fes-t[schwa]). [Law Latin] Hist. 1. Open law; manifest law. 2. Trial by duel or ordeal. — Also termed manifest law.
manifest weight of evidence 明显的证据力；明显的证据份量 在事实的认定上，一般的原则是上诉审法院不能以自己的意见取代原审法院意见，除非后者的认定存在明显的证据力不足。这里，「明显的」〔manifest〕系指证据力明确无误，一清二楚或无可争辩，以致必然导致与原审相反的结论。
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usura manifesta (yoo-s[y]oor-[schwa] [or yoo-z[y]oor-[schwa]] man-[ schwa]-fes-t[schwa]). [Latin] Manifest or open usury.
manifest necessity 明显的紧急情况 在刑事案件审理中发生法院和当事人所不能预见和控制的紧急情况，致使审理不能继续进行或得出公正结果时，法院可作出无效审理〔mistrial〕决定；此项决定能防止被告人以后提出不受重复审理的答辩。
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An error that is plain and indisputable, and that amounts to a complete disregard of the controlling law or the credible evidence in the record. [Cases: Appeal and Error 999(1), 1008.1(7). C.J.S. Appeal and Error §§ 784, 805, 810.]
manifest injustice. An error in the trial court that is direct, obvious, and observable, such as a defendant’s guilty plea that is involuntary or that is based on a plea agreement that the prosecution rescinds. [Cases: Criminal Law 273.1(2), 274(3.1). C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 365–374.]
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manifest-disregard doctrine. The principle that an arbitration award will be vacated if the arbitrator knows the applicable law and deliberately chooses to disregard it, but will not be vacated for a mere error or misunderstanding of the law. [Cases: Arbitration 63. 1.]
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