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Summarized: Under the American judicial system, juries are often the trier of fact when they serve in a trial.

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The jury in a common law trial is a trier of fact, not of law.

For something one might imagine as a coda to Dying of the Light -- and even more depressing -- try the 2011 Lars von Trier movie Melancholia.

If you're giving out your email address to be an early trier of a new product, there's an implicit ToS that you can receive some news about it.

The trier of fact -- jury in a jury trial, judge in a bench trial -- is free (expected, even) to assess the credibility of evidence, including witness testimony.

> If you're giving out your email address to be an early trier of a new product, there's an implicit ToS that you can receive some news about it.

The train from Trier to Homburg just passed by so I checked its accuracy, and it was showing it one kilometre ahead of the actual train position, then the indicator moved backwards to match the actual location.

What made it weirder and surreal like a von Trier film was that these guys all looked similar and were dressed in matching white suits - when I first saw them they were actually walking through the back yard.

But remember you have a constitutional protection from self-incrimination, so as defendant you don't have to take the stand at all and the jury (well, the trier-of-fact which is usually a jury) is not allowed to infer anything from your unwillingness to testify.

If the trier of law -- which is the judge, not the jury, in a jury trial -- finds that the facts claimed in a suit don't meet the standards for a violation of the law, the case will be dismissed (assuming the defense moves for a dismissal on the grounds of non-suit, which is fairly routine in any case where there is even a remote question) without ever reaching the jury.

It's just too easy for a lawyer to convince a trier of fact that Microsoft "should have known".

I don't see the lack of separation between "trier of fact" and "trier of law" as obviously better or worse.

So to describe the same issues you describe, I would write, "The actual complaint alleges some pretty nasty behavior." We have yet to see how many of those allegations will be believed by a trier of fact at trial.

(Once again totally depends on who the other side is and their motives.) Now if they are not honorable, don't have the money, or just want to play games, then if you have enough at stake to hire an attorney a formal contract is a benefit (but not essential since the "trier of fact" as well as the other side will weigh their chance of settling vs.

If you've seen Lars von Trier's excellent Breaking the Waves you will get the idea.

The exceptions are for the rich kids in schools like New Trier, etc..

( He used to teach at Kenwood Academy in the Chicago public schools where I graduated in 1987 but now he is at New Trier.