instructions

instructions
index charge (statement to the jury), direction (order)

Burton's Legal Thesaurus. . 2006


instructions
n.
Directions given by a judge to a jury, telling them how to apply the law to the facts of the case; see also charge

The Essential Law Dictionary. — Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks, Inc. . 2008.


instructions
Directives given by a judge to a jury during a trial prescribing the manner in which the jurors should proceed in deciding the case at bar. Jury instructions ordinarily include a statement of the questions of fact (See question of fact) for determination by the jury, as well as a statement of the laws applicable to the facts of the case.

Dictionary from West's Encyclopedia of American Law. 2005.


instructions
I
Directives given by a judge to a jury during a trial prescribing the manner in which the jurors should proceed in deciding the case at bar. Jury instructions ordinarily include a statement of the questions of fact for determination by the jury, as well as a statement of the laws applicable to the facts of the case.
 II Judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the question it must answer and the applicable law governing the case. (Also referred to as charge.)

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