dynamite charge

noun

Instructions given by the judge to a jury that has failed to reach a verdict, in the hope that they can do so after further deliberation.

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Meanings

noundynamite charge (plural dynamite charges)

plural dynamite charges

  1. idiomaticlawInstructions given by the judge to a jury that has failed to reach a verdict, in the hope that they can do so after further deliberation.

    "There are no studies comparing deadlocked juries blasted with the dynamite charge to those left to their own devices."

    2013, Saul M. Kassin, Lawrence S. Wrightsman, The American Jury On Trial: Psychological Perspectives
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see dynamite, charge.
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