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Criminal law; an act that was intentional and carefully planned prior to being carried out. … [Read more...] about DELIBERATE AND PREMEDITATED

Able to be delivered. … [Read more...] about DELIVERABLE

(A) contracts, crimes. The act of the understanding, by which the party examines whether a thing proposed ought to be done or not to be done, or whether it ought to be done in one manner or another. The deliberation relates to the end proposed, to the means of accomplishing that end, or to both. 2. It is a presumption of law that all acts committed, are do-ne with due … [Read more...] about DELIBERATION

In practice. The verdict rendered by a jury. Second deliverance. In practice. A writ allowed a plaintiff in replevin, where the defendant has obtained judgment for return of the goods, by default on nonsuit, in order to have the same distress again delivered to him, on giving the same security as before. 3 Bl. Comm. 150; 3 Steph. Comm. 668. … [Read more...] about DELIVERANCE

When the jury convenes to discuss privately all the facts and evidence presented in the case and deliberating before returning to the court with a decision. … [Read more...] about DELIBERATIONS OF A JURY