dynamite charge
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dynamite charge (plural dynamite charges)
- (law, idiomatic) 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.
- 2013, Saul M. Kassin, Lawrence S. Wrightsman, The American Jury On Trial: Psychological Perspectives
- "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
- Used other than with a figurative or idiomatic meaning: see dynamite, charge.
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