BIFURCATION

Bifurcation

Bifurcation is a judge's ability in law to divide a trial into two parts so as to render a judgment on a set of legal issues without looking at all aspects. Frequently, civil cases are bifurcated into separate liability and damages proceedings. Criminal trials are also often bifurcated into guilt and sentencing phases, especially in capital cases.

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bifurcation

Noun

  1. A division into two branches.
  2. Any place where one thing divides into two.
  3. The act of bifurcating; branching or dividing in two.
  4. Either of the forks or other branches resultant from such a division.
  5. A place where two roads, tributaries etc. part or meet.
  6. The point where a channel divides when proceeding from seaward.
  7. The change in the qualitative or topological structure of a given family as decribed by bifurcation theory.
  8. A command that executes one block or other of commands depending the result of a condition.


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