When jurors are discharged or prevented from giving a verdict by reason of an accident or other cause, except when the defendant is discharged from the information or indictment during    the progress of the trial or after the cause is submitted to them, the cause may be tried again at the same or another term, as the court may direct.

Terms Used In North Dakota Code 29-22-08

  • Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
  • information: is a n accusation in writing, in form and substance like an indictment for the same offense, charging a person with a crime or public offense, signed and verified by some person and presented to the district court and filed in the office of the clerk of said court. See North Dakota Code 29-01-13
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
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