ostrich instruction
nounEtymology
After the supposed habit of the ostrich of burying its head in the sand to avoid danger by not seeing it.
Definitions
An instruction to jurors telling them they may equate willful ignorance with actual…
An instruction to jurors telling them they may equate willful ignorance with actual knowledge.
- Based on this evidence, we concluded an ostrich instruction was appropriate because a jury could reasonably conclude that he had deliberately avoided the truth.
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Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for ostrich instruction. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
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