Jury instructions
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Jury instructions are a judge's explanation to the jury before it begins deliberations of the question it must answer and the applicable law governing the case. (It is also referred to as a charge.)
Explained differently, jury instructions are a judge's directions to the jury before it begins deliberations regarding the factual questions it must answer and the legal rules that it must apply.