Meanings
nounNewton hearing (plural Newton hearings)
plural Newton hearings
- EnglandlawA part of a court case in which a judge, sitting alone and without a jury, hears evidence on factual points disputed between prosecution and defence.
Origin
From the 1983 case R v Newton, in which the defendant admitted buggery but claimed his wife had given her consent.
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