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Objection
Legal services; Courts
A reason that an attorney interrupts a witness to talk to the judge.
Evidence
Legal services; Courts
Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
Instructions
Legal services; Courts
Judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the questions it must answer and the law governing the case.
Probation
Legal services; Courts
A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
Preliminary hearing
Legal services; Courts
A hearing where the judge decides whether there is enough evidence to make the defendant have a trial.
Affirmed
Legal services; Courts
In the practise of the appellate courts, the decree or order is declared valid and will stand as rendered in the lower court.
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