Courts decree or judge {adjudication}|.
Judgments {acquittal}| can be not-guilty verdicts in criminal cases, release people from contract obligations, or dismiss charges on legal grounds.
Courts can postpone judgments {arrest of judgment}.
Court proceedings {certiorari} can review government-agency or lower-court decisions.
Courts can adjourn to another day {continuance}|.
Judges or juries can find defendants guilty {conviction}|.
Courts can expel people from countries {deportation}|.
Judges evaluate how current case differs from, and is similar to, previous cases {dictum}.
Courts can require acts or order someone to desist from acts {enjoin}|.
Courts can formally accept {joinder} questions.
Trials can end by court-procedure errors {mistrial}|.
Prosecutors can decide on no prosecution {nol. pros.} {nolle prosequi}.
People are likely to be guilty for reasons {probable cause}|.
Courts can prohibit actions {proscription}|.
Courts can send cases back to lower courts to correct mistakes {remand}|.
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