speedy trial

  • 1speedy trial — / spē dē / n: a trial conducted according to prevailing rules and procedures that takes place without unreasonable or undue delay or within a statutory period ◇ The right to a speedy trial is guaranteed to criminal defendants by the Sixth… …

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  • 2Speedy trial — Criminal procedure Criminal trials and convictions …

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  • 3speedy trial — The right of the accused to a speedy trial is guaranteed by the Sixth Amendment of the Constitution and such right is implemented by 18 U.S.C.A. No. 3161 et seq. and Fed.R.Crim.P. 50. Barker v. Wingo, 407 U.S. 514, 92 S.Ct. 2182, 33 L.Ed.2d 101,… …

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  • 4speedy trial — A right of an accused. 21 Am J2d Crim L § 241. A trial conducted according to fixed rules, regulations, and proceedings of law, free from vexatious, capricious, and oppressive delays. State v Jackson, 228 Or 371, 365 P2d 294, 89 ALR2d 1225;… …

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  • 5Speedy Trial Act — Federal law establishing time limits for carrying out major events, i.e. indictment, arraignment, etc., in a criminal prosecution. Short Dictionary of (mostly American) Legal Terms and Abbreviations …

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  • 7right to speedy trial — See speedy trial …

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  • 8trial — tri·al n [Anglo French, from trier to try]: a judicial examination of issues of fact or law disputed by parties for the purpose of determining the rights of the parties compare hearing, inquest at trial: in or during the course of a trial Merriam …

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  • 9trial — A judicial examination and determination of issues between parties to action, whether they be issues of law or of fact, before a court that has jurisdiction. Tittsworth v. Chaffin, Mo.App., 741 S.W.2d 314, 317. A judicial examination, in… …

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  • 10trial — n. legal proceedings 1) to conduct, hold a trial 2) to bring smb. to trial; to put smb. on trial 3) to stand trial for (he stood trial for embezzlement) 4) to go to trial (the case went to trial) 5) to waive a (jury) trial (the accused waived a… …

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