jury nullification

English

Noun

jury nullification (countable and uncountable, plural jury nullifications)

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.

Translations

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

• Finnish: lautamiehistön hylkäävä päätös
• Russian: нуллифици́рующий верди́кт суда́ прися́жных m (nullificírujuščij verdíkt sudá prisjážnyx)