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  2. Prejudice (legal term) - Wikipedia

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    Within legal civil procedure, prejudice is a loss or injury, and refers specifically to a formal determination against a claimed legal right or cause of action. [4] Thus, in a civil case, dismissal without prejudice is a dismissal that allows for re-filing of the case in the future.

  3. 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. ... A US court has dismissed the last remaining federal criminal case against Donald ...

  4. Special Counsel Jack Smith Files Motion To Dismiss Jan. 6 Case

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    “A court may override the presumption only when dismissal without prejudice ‘would result in harassment of the defendant or would otherwise be contrary to the manifest public interest ...

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

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    Furthermore, dismissals without prejudice allow the prosecution to refile charges later. Don’t assume that these dismissals confirm that Trump is immune from prosecution and therefore above the law.

  6. 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.

  7. Motion to dismiss in the interest of justice - Wikipedia

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    N.Y. Crim. Proc. Law § 210.40 grants the defendant (or the prosecutor or the court) the power to apply for relief: . First, it directs the court to find, under the general concept of the "furtherance of justice" stated in its provisions, that the "dismissal is required as a matter of judicial discretion by the existence of some compelling factor, consideration or circumstance clearly ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. They asked court to curtail admissions at ‘dangerous’ Rainier ...

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    The case was soon after dismissed without prejudice, meaning it could be re-filed. It was unclear whether Disability Rights Washington would do so. Show comments