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To confirm if you'll be needed for jury duty, call the Juror Line listed on your Reminder Notice after 3 p.m. or log in to the Massachusetts Juror Service Website after 4 p.m. on the day before you're scheduled to serve.
A curative instruction is given to a jury by the judge in a case to negate the prejudicial effect of an erroneous instruction or tainted evidence.
A judgment notwithstanding the verdict (or JNOV) is an order by a judge after a jury has returned its verdict. The judge can overturn the jury's verdict if he or she feels it cannot reasonably be supported by the evidence or if it contradicts itself.
The judge instructs the jury about the relevant laws that should guide its deliberations. (In some jurisdictions, the court may instruct the jury at any time after the close of evidence.The judge reads the instructions to the jury. This is commonly referred to as the judge's charge to the jury.
Jury instructions, directions to the jury, or judge's charge are legal rules that jurors should follow when deciding a case.
These are civil or criminal jury instructions approved by a state court, bench committee, or bar association. They are commonly used by courts in the relevant jurisdiction, as they ease the process of drafting fair jury instructions and theoretically do not have errors.
Jury lists are compiled from voter registrations and driver license or ID renewals. From those lists, summonses are mailed. A panel of jurors is then assigned to a courtroom.
A jury instruction is given by the judge to the jury to explain what is happening in the court, to explain the points of law relevant to the case, to explain certain aspects of the evidence presented and to assist the jurors in understanding their duties in reaching a verdict.