Tag: Defendant
Word of the Day – Feb. 27 – Recuse
Verb: Recuse (rih-KYOOZ)
Definition: To disqualify oneself as a judge in a particular case: more broadly, to remove oneself from participation to avoid a conflict...
Sault Ste. Marie Man Sentenced to Prison
MARQUETTE, MI – (Great Lakes Radio News) – An Eastern U.P. man has been sentenced in Federal Court in Marquette for illegally transporting and...
Word of the Day – June 14 – Sequestration
Noun: Sequestration (see-kwah-STRAY-shun)
Definition:
1. The act of sequestering, as with a jury.
2. A legal writ authorizing a sheriff or commissioner to take into custody the...
Word of the Day – Aug. 4 – Irrefragable
Adjective: Irrefragable (ih-REF-ruh-guh-bul)
Definition: Impossible to refute or impossible to break or alter.
Sample sentence: In his opening statement, the prosecutor told the...