ex industria
ex industria (eks in-d[schwa]s-tree-[schwa]). [Latin] With contrivance or deliberation; designedly; on purpose.
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premeditation
premeditation n. 事先策划；预谋 事先的考虑、策划或图谋。从事先的决定到具体实施相隔的时间可长可短。预谋是构成一级谋杀罪的要件之一，即被告人在实施犯罪前蓄意或明知其行为将造成他人的死亡。 (→deliberate; deliberation; malice aforethought; wilful)
会议录
会议录 英语：minute book 法语：registre des délibérations 德语：Protokollbuch 意大利语：libro dei verbali 西班牙语：libro de actas
avizandum
avizandum (av-i-zan-d[schwa]m). [Law Latin] Scots law. Deliberation; advisement. • The judge is said later to “advise” the case — that is, to give an opinion. “To make avizandum with a process, or part of it, is to take it from the public court to the private consideration of the judge.” William Bell, Bell’s Dictionary and
stealth juror
A juror who hides a potentially disqualifying bias or conflict of interest in order to serve on a jury. • A stealth juror may want to influence the outcome of the trial or may plan to reap a financial benefit from having inside access to the jury deliberations, esp. by writing a book about a
presiding juror
The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court by announcing the verdict. • The presiding juror is usu. elected by the jury at the start of deliberations. — Also termed foreman; foreperson; (in Scots law) jury chancellor. [Cases: Jury 147. C.J.S. Juries § 495.]
allen charge
Allen charge. Criminal procedure. A supplemental jury instruction given by the court to encourage a deadlocked jury, after prolonged deliberations, to reach a verdict. Allen v. United States, 164 U.S. 492, 17 S.Ct. 154 (1896). — Also termed dynamite charge; dynamite instruction; nitroglycerine charge; shotgun instruction; third-degree instruction. [Cases: Criminal Law 865(1.5). C.J.S. Criminal Law
advisement
advisement (ad-vIz-m[schwa]nt). Careful consideration; deliberation (the judge took the matter under ad-visement and promised a ruling by the next day).
peine forte et dure
peine forte et dure (pen for tay doororpayn fort ay dyoor). [French “strong and hard punishment”] Hist. The punishment of an alleged felon who refused to plead, consisting of pressing or crushing the person’s body under heavy weights until the accused either pleaded or died. “In all other felonies, however, the punishment of peine forte
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on the floor
on the floor. Parliamentary law. 1. (Of a motion) under consideration; PENDING (2) (the motion is on the floor). 2. (Of a member) physically present at a meeting and attending to its deliberations (the senator is on the floor).