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dynamite charge
dynamite charge
An encouragement to a divided jury to come to a verdict. It is also known as the "Allen charge" because such a tactic was employed for the deadlocked jury in the 1896 case Allen v. United States. Come on, let's give the jury a dynamite charge, in the hopes of getting all the jurors to reach a consensus.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| LÁZÁR | | - | Hungarian |
| Alphaeus | | al-FEE-əs (English) | Biblical, Biblical Latin |
| Harding | | HAHR-ding | English |
| Matrona | | - | Russian, Late Roman |
| Armando | | ahr-MAHN-do (Spanish, Italian) | Spanish, Italian, Portuguese |
| Severino | | se-ve-REE-no (Italian, Spanish) | Italian, Spanish, Portuguese |