Okl
Categories: Criminal Law
Definition (1910 Edition)
757, 54 Pac. 974; Poe v. Howell (N. M.) 67 Pac. 62; Chamberlain v. Walter, 60 Fed. 792; State v. Karr, 64 Neb. 514, 90 N. W. 298.
424, 63 Pac. 969; Lawler v. McPheeters, 73 Ind. 579. —Peremptory instruction. given by a court to a jury which the iatter must obey implicitly; as an instruction to return a verdict for the defendant, or for thé plaintiff, as the case may be.
424, 63 Pac. 969; Lawler v. McPheeters, 73 Ind. 579. —Peremptory instruction. given by a court to a jury which the iatter must obey implicitly; as an instruction to return a verdict for the defendant, or for thé plaintiff, as the case may be.
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain.
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