bifurcated trial

bifurcated trial
A trial that is divided into stages: one stage to establish guilt or liability, and the other stage to establish damages or punishment.
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Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. . 2009.


bifurcated trial
One judicial proceeding that is divided into two stages in which different issues are addressed separately by the court.

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


bifurcated trial
One judicial proceeding that is divided into two stages in which different issues are addressed separately by the court.

Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations.

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