English Dictionary

jury nullification

名詞

可算名詞 不可算名詞

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

日本語の意味

裁判において、陪審員が事実や法律にかかわらず、被告に無罪判決を下す行為

Some activists argued that jury nullification was necessary to combat unjust laws.

ある活動家たちは、不当な法律に対抗するためには陪審員が事実を無視して被告を無罪にすることが必要だと主張した。

意味（1）

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

The prosecutor thought he lost the case, not due to the creation of reasonable doubt, but due to jury nullification.

jury nullifications （ plural ）