{"id":10082,"date":"2017-12-04T05:13:45","date_gmt":"2017-12-04T05:13:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10082"},"modified":"2017-12-08T08:48:02","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:48:02","slug":"jury-question-a-question-of-fact-which-a-jury-decides-as-opposed-to-a-question-of-law-decided-by-a-judge","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10082","title":{"rendered":"Jury Question – a question of fact, which a jury decides, as opposed to a question of law, decided by a judge"},"content":{"rendered":"

jury question<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n(18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A question of fact, as opposed to a question of law; that is, a question that is for the jury, rather than the judge, to decide.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An issue of fact that a jury decides.<\/strong> See QUESTION OF FACT.<\/span><\/p>\n

2. A special question that a court may ask a jury that will will deliver a special verdict.<\/strong> See special interrogatory <\/strong><\/em><\/a>under interrogatory<\/em><\/strong><\/a>. [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

question of fact<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\n(17c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. An issue that has not been predetermined and authoritatively answered by the law.\u00a0 *\u00a0 An example is whether a particular criminal defendant is guilty of an offense or whether a contractor has delayed unreasonably in constructing a building.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. An issue that does not involved what the law is on a given point.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. A disputed issue to be resolved by the jury in a jury trial or by the judge in a bench trial.<\/strong> \u2014 aka fact question<\/strong><\/span>.\u00a0 <\/em>See FACT-FINDER.<\/span><\/p>\n

4. An issue capable of being answered by way of demonstration, as opposed to a question of unverifiable opinion.\u00a0<\/strong> See issue of fact <\/em>under issue<\/strong><\/a><\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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