Definitions for jury nullification
ju·ry nul·li·fi·ca·tion

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1. jury nullificationnoun

   An acquittal by a jury of a defendant ignoring the facts of the case and/or the law.

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1. Jury nullification

   Jury nullification occurs in a trial when a jury acquits a defendant they believe to be guilty of the charges against them. This may occur when members of the jury disagree with the law the defendant has been charged with, or believe that the law should not be applied in that particular case. A jury verdict contrary to the letter of the law pertains only to the particular case before it. If a pattern of acquittals develops, however, in response to repeated attempts to prosecute a statutory offence, this can have the de facto effect of invalidating the statute. A pattern of jury nullification may indicate public opposition to an unwanted legislative enactment. In the past, it was feared that a single judge or panel of government officials may be unduly influenced to follow established legal practice, even when that practice had drifted from its origins. In most modern Western legal systems, however, juries are often instructed to serve only as "finders of facts", whose role it is to determine the veracity of the evidence presented, and the weight accorded to the evidence, to apply that evidence to the law and reach a verdict, but not to decide what the law is. Similarly, juries are routinely cautioned by courts and some attorneys not to allow sympathy for a party or other affected persons to compromise the fair and dispassionate evaluation of evidence during the guilt phase of a trial. These instructions are criticized by advocates of jury nullification. Some commonly cited historical examples of jury nullification involve the refusal of American colonial juries to convict a defendant under English law.

How to pronounce jury nullification?

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of jury nullification in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of jury nullification in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
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2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=jury nullification