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  2. Prejudice (legal term) - Wikipedia

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    Prejudice is a legal term with different meanings, which depend on whether it is used in criminal, civil, or common law. In legal context, prejudice differs from the more common use of the word and so the term has specific technical meanings. Two of the most common applications of the word are as part of the terms with prejudice and without ...

  3. Opinion - Dismissal of Trump’s criminal cases does not ...

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    Both cases involve dismissals “without prejudice,” an important legal distinction. This means the dismissals do not reflect any judicial decisions about the underlying merits of the cases.

  4. Special counsel's last criminal case against Trump dismissed

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    The cases have been dismissed "without prejudice", meaning charges could be refiled when Trump leaves office. ... the last remaining federal criminal case against Donald Trump, which alleged that ...

  5. Expungement in the United States - Wikipedia

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    There is no waiting period in the case of criminal proceedings that resulted in an acquittal or dismissal with prejudice, however; where a no bill is returned by a grand jury as to an individual, or the proceedings against them are dismissed without prejudice, they are ineligible to petition for the records of the case to be sealed until two ...

  6. Removal jurisdiction - Wikipedia

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    Under this, a number of state criminal cases have been removed to federal court and there summarily dismissed, thus preventing trial on the merits of whether the officer or agent was in fact carrying out his official duties, or acting outside of them. A famous example of such a removal was the case of Idaho v.

  7. Nolle prosequi - Wikipedia

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    Nolle prosequi, [a] abbreviated nol or nolle pros, is legal Latin meaning "to be unwilling to pursue". [3] [4] It is a type of prosecutorial discretion in common law, used for prosecutors' declarations that they are voluntarily ending a criminal case before trial or before a verdict is rendered; [5] it is a kind of motion to dismiss and contrasts with an involuntary dismissal.

  8. Judge dismisses sexual assault, trafficking lawsuit against ...

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    The Oakley case stems from an incident in which the former New York Knicks player was ejected from Madison Square Garden in 2017. ... was dismissed with prejudice, meaning it can’t be filed ...

  9. Adjournment in contemplation of dismissal - Wikipedia

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    In criminal procedure, an adjournment in contemplation of dismissal (ACD or ACOD) allows a court to defer the disposition of a defendant's case, with the potential that the defendant's charge will be dismissed if the defendant does not engage in additional criminal conduct or other acts prohibited by the court as a condition of the ACD.