A trial that ends without a judgment a judgment being issued either due to (i) a mistake in court that prevents a party from having a fair trial, or (ii) the jury cannot agree on a verdict (commonly known as a hung jury). In civil cases, a judge may declare a mistrial and will set another date for a new trial. In criminal cases, mistrials will result in a potential retrial and … [Read more...]

In English law. A writ used in sending a record or its tenor from one court to another. Thus, where a nul tiel record is pleaded in one court to the record of another court of equal or superior jurisdiction, the tenor of the record is brought Into chancery by a certiorari, (q. v.,) and thence sent by mittimus into the court where the action is. Tidd, Pr. 745. In criminal … [Read more...]

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Frequently used in the context of marriage, it is a mistaken assumption by both spouses regarding their marriage and which may serve as grounds for an annulment. For example, one party believed that both spouses wanted children when, in fact, only one spouse did. … [Read more...]

Formed by admixture or commingling; partaking of the nature, character, or legal attributes of two or more distinct kinds or classes. Mixed laws. A name sometimes given to those which concern both persons and property. Mixed questions. This phrase may mean either those which arise from the conflict of foreign and domestic laws, or questions arising on a trial involving both law … [Read more...]