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Allen charge
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English
Etymology
After the legal case Allen v. United States (1896).
Noun
en US legal An instruction intended to prevent a hung jury by encouraging jurors in the minority to reconsider.
en Sep 26 2006 Timothy Williams Gotti Jurors Say They’re Deadlocked http://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/nyregion/27gotticnd.html?_r=0 New York Times 14 July 2015 Judge Shira A. Scheindlin read the panel the Allen charge, an instruction meant to encourage juries to continue working until they reach a verdict, and sent them back to continue deliberating. https://web.archive.org/web/20260131223139/https://www.nytimes.com/2006/09/26/nyregion/27gotticnd.html?_r=0 31 January 2026
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