{"id":10384,"date":"2017-12-08T08:30:33","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:30:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10384"},"modified":"2017-12-08T08:30:33","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:30:33","slug":"deliberation-and-verdict","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10384","title":{"rendered":"Deliberation and Verdict:"},"content":{"rendered":"

Special Interrogatory<\/a> <\/span>– a written question regarding the facts, directed to the jury, whose answer is required to supplement a general verdict (upon request for a special verdict or special findings).<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Closing Argument<\/span><\/a> – a final statement to the judge or jury before deliberation<\/a> begins, requesting the judge or jury to consider the evidence and to apply the law in one’s favor; afterward (in a jury trial) the judge ordinarily instructs the jury on the law that governs the case.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Request for Instructions<\/span><\/a> – a written request to the judge for jury instructions, made by either party, usually after both sides have rested.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jury Instructions<\/a><\/span> – given by a judge to a jury concerning the law of the case. <\/strong>\u2014 aka\u00a0instruction<\/em><\/span><\/strong>; jury charge<\/em><\/strong><\/span>; charge<\/em><\/strong><\/span>; jury direction<\/em><\/strong><\/span>; direction<\/em><\/strong><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n