Yeah, that's cool but that's not from an American. However, concept is the same. How weird is it that the court is 'careful not to find fraud.' I understand it must be proven, but that is some weird wording.
"Careful" means taking care, doing it right, without jumping to conclusions. Judges can't blurt out "fraud" unless very specific things have been proven.
Yeah, that's cool but that's not from an American. However, concept is the same. How weird is it that the court is 'careful not to find fraud.' I understand it must be proven, but that is some weird wording.
A more appropriate comparison would be US vs. Throckmorton 1878. "Fraud vitiates the most solemn contracts, documents and even judgements."
It doesn't mean what it means colloquially today.
"Careful" means taking care, doing it right, without jumping to conclusions. Judges can't blurt out "fraud" unless very specific things have been proven.
So "innocent until proven guilty" on steroids?
No, applying the law the way it was meant to be applied.
If you want to say "fraud" you had better have facts to say it.