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newton hearing

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.89 in modern English

Syllables
new-ton -hear-ing
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A part of a court case in which a judge, sitting alone and without a jury, hears evidence on factual points disputed between prosecution and defence.

Etymology

From the 1983 case R v Newton, in which the defendant admitted buggery but claimed his wife had given her consent.

Inflected Forms

Newton hearings (plural)

Questions

What does newton hearing mean?
A part of a court case in which a judge, sitting alone and without a jury, hears evidence on factual points disputed between prosecution and defence.
Where does newton hearing come from?
From the 1983 case R v Newton, in which the defendant admitted buggery but claimed his wife had given her consent.

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