| 单词 | prejudice |
| 释义 | prej·u·dice 1 /'pre-jə-dəs/ n [Old French, from Latin praejudicium previous judgment, damage, from prae- before + judicium judgment] 1: injury or detriment to one's legal rights or claims (as from the action of another): as a: substantial impairment of a defendant's ability to defend the court found no ~ to the defendant by the lengthy delay in bringing charges b: tendency for a decision on an improper basis (as past conduct) by a trier of fact whether an ex parte communication to a deliberating jury resulted in any reasonable possibility of ~ to the defendant — National Law Journal c: implied waiver of rights and privileges not explicitly retained District Court erred in attaching ~ to prisoner's complaint for injunctive relief — National Law Journal 2: a final and binding decision (as an adjudication on the merits) that bars further prosecution of the same cause of action or motion dismisses this case with ~ the dismissal was without ~ 3 a: an irrational attitude of hostility directed against an individual, a group, a race, or their supposed characteristics the Constitution does not prohibit laws based on ~ per se — R. H. Bork b: an attitude or disposition (as of a judge) that prevents impartiality that the judge before whom the matter is pending has a personal bias or ~...against him — U.S. Code prejudice 2 vt -diced, -dic·ing 1: to injure or damage the rights of by some legal action or prejudice if it appears that a defendant or the government is prejudiced by a joinder of offenses — Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 14 2: to injure or damage (rights) by some legal action or prejudice that the denial prejudiced his right to a fair trial this clause does not ~ other rights |
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