public trial
A trial that anyone may attend or observe.
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public trial
public trial 公开审判 审判向公众公开，即无所偏颇地准许公众旁听；但有时为了避免人员过分拥挤或秩序混乱，或不致于给证人造成思想压力而不敢当庭作证，可以限制到庭人数。
prejudicial publicity
prejudicial publicity. Extensive media attention devoted to an upcoming civil or criminal trial. • Under the Due Process Clause, extensive coverage of a criminal trial may deprive the defendant of a fair trial. [Cases: Criminal Law 633(1); Federal Civil Procedure 1951; Trial 20. C.J.S. Criminal Law §§ 564, 1134, 1140, 1145–1149, 1191; Trial § 97.]
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closed trial
A trial that is not open to the public, usu. because of some overriding concern such as a need to protect a child’s anonymity or for security.
prejudicial publicity
prejudicial publicity 有害的公开 诉讼的正当程序要求无论民事案件或刑事案件都能得到陪审团或法庭的公正审判，不受外界的干扰。报纸、广播和电视对刑事案件审理的广泛报道可能造成被告人难以得到公正的审判。 (→gag order; trial by news media)
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sixth amendment
Sixth Amendment. The constitutional amendment, ratified with the Bill of Rights in 1791, guaranteeing in criminal cases the right to a speedy and public trial by jury, the right to be informed of the nature of the accusation, the right to confront witnesses, the right to counsel, and the right to compulsory process for obtaining
judicium
judicium (joo-dish-ee-[schwa]m), n. [Latin] Hist. 1. A judgment. 2. A judicial proceeding; a trial. 3. A court or tribunal. • In Roman law, the plural judicia refers to criminal courts. Pl. judicia. judicium capitale (kap-i-tay-lee). [Latin] Hist. A judgment of death; a capital sentence. judicium parium (par-ee-[schwa]m). [Latin] Hist. A judgment of one’s peers; a
remit
remit, vb. 1. To pardon or forgive (the wife could not remit her husband’s infidelity). 2. To abate or slacken; to mitigate (the receipt of money damages remitted the embarrassment of being fired). 3. To refer (a matter for decision) to some authority, esp. to send back (a case) to a lower court (the appellate
land use regulation
land-use regulation. An ordinance or other legislative enactment governing the development or use of real estate. — Also spelled landuse regulation. [Cases: Zoning and Planning 1. C.J.S. Zoning and Land Planning §§ 2, 5–7, 17–18.] “Public regulation of the use and development of land comes in a variety of forms which generally focus on four
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