Peremptory Instruction Law and Legal Definition
Peremptory instruction means an instruction given to a jury. The instruction is that if the jury agrees to the stated facts and evidence used to substantiate the facts, then the jury should find in favor of a particular party. This instruction is provided by courts in certain cases. This is the power of a court to compel a jury to render a verdict.
However, courts are bound to give peremptory instruction not in an arbitrary manner. Even when a peremptory instruction is given, jurors still have a right to reject the evidence if it lacks credibility.
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Related Legal Terms
- Additional Instruction
- Administrative Instructions [Patents]
- Affirmative Converse Instruction
- Agency for Instructional Technology [AIT]
- Argumentative Instruction
- Binding instruction
- Cautionary Instruction
- Classification of Instructional Programs .CIP. [Education]
- Classroom-Based Instructional Reading Assessment [Education]
- Collateral Instructional Material
