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Trial by Jury

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Trial by Jury

trial of a breach-of-promise suit is dismissed when the judge decides to many the plaintiff. [Br. Opera: Gilbert and Sullivan Trial by Jury]
See: Trial
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(38) The court clarified that even a statutory claim holds the right to trial by jury if it is a claim for damages.
The right to a jury trial contained in the Texas Constitution, on the other hand, is not limited to any particular type of claim or type of relief, and guarantees trial by jury on all contested issues of fact, regardless of the form of action.
One of the major aspects of the court reform was the reintroduction of the trial by jury. The concept makers pointed out the following advantages of trials by jury: their collective nature, unquestionable independence, lower risk of a mistake and abuses by judicial bodies, implementation of common sense ideas and the people's gained insight into the bureaucratic legal system.
(7) In this case, the civil rules allow for the party to amend the pleading so as to make a demand for that trial by jury. (8)
One of the reasons given for the Declaration of Independence was that the government was "depriving us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury."
The Criminal Justice Act 2003 had imposed "fresh restrictions on the right to trial by jury".
The Victorians were inordinately proud of the English common law system of trial by jury. Before the passage of the 1832 Reform Act progressives in England were ashamed of the antiquated state of parliamentary representation but they revered the even more archaic system of trial by jury.
THE Manama Singers and Bahrain Sinfonia will once again join forces to present an evening of music, wit and theatre when they stage the one-act operetta Trial By Jury next month.
The Magna Carta guarantees trial by jury. Article III Section 2 of the U.S.
In nominating Schlesinger, Charles Sorenson, president of the Jacksonville chapter, said: "Judge Schlesinger has been a great friend to the Jacksonville ABOTA chapter for many years and is a staunch supporter of the Seventh Amendment right to trial by jury. Judge Schlesinger is universally respected, liked, and admired by the trial bar in the Middle District of Florida."
Trial by Jury: The Seventh Amendment and Anglo-American Special Juries James Oldham NYU Press www.nyupress.org 368 pp., $55
In May, Ashgate Publishing (Burlington, VT) published "The Jury System," a new volume that collects scholarship on the "perennially controversial institution of trial by jury," Ashgate said.
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