directed verdict
directed verdict 指示裁断 指直接依案件承审法官的命令而对案件作出判决。在这种情况下，法官取代了陪审团作为事实认定者的角色，因为案件的证据非常具有说服力，据此只能合理地得出唯一的结论，或者案件的证据未能确立表面案件的成立〔establish a prima facie case〕。
directed verdict
directed verdict
A ruling by a trial judge taking a case from the jury because the evidence will permit only one reasonable verdict. — Also termed instructed verdict. [Cases: Criminal Law 753; Federal Civil Procedure 2117; Trial 167. C.J.S. Criminal Law § 1276; Trial §§ 432–433, 437–438.]