UNANIMOUS VERDICT

A verdict where all jurors have agreed to the same verdict. … [Read more...] about UNANIMOUS VERDICT

All present in agreement, complete unity with respect to a vote, a vote with no dissenters. … [Read more...] about UNANIMOUS

The agreement of all the persons concerned in a thing in design and opinion. 2. Generally a simple majority of any number of persons is sufficient to do such acts as the whole number can do; for example, a majority of the legislature can pass a law: but there are some cases in which unanimity is required; for example, a traverse jury, composed of twelve individuals, cannot … [Read more...] about UNANIMITY

Clear, not vague. No confusion as to the meaning. Laws that are enacted must be clear and unambiguous so that they are easily understood by all. … [Read more...] about UNAMBIGUOUS

The state of a thing or right which cannot be sold. Incapable of being aliened, that is, sold and transferred. 2. Things which are not in commerce, as public roads, are in their nature unalienable. Some things are unalienable, in consequence of particular provisions in the law forbidding their sale or transfer, as pensions granted by the government. The natural rights of life … [Read more...] about UNALIENABLE