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"No, no," said the Queen. "Sentence first, verdict afterwards."—Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
Nolo’s Plain-English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009.
Sentence first, verdict afterwards
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