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instructions
in·struc·tion I0171000 (ĭn-strŭk′shən)n.1. The act, practice, or profession of instructing: math instruction.2. a. Imparted knowledge: We sought further instruction in a more advanced class.b. An imparted or acquired item of knowledge: The judge gave the jury an instruction in how the law defines an accomplice.3. a. often instructions An authoritative direction to be obeyed; an order: had instructions to be home by midnight.b. instructions Detailed directions about how to do something: read the instructions for assembly.4. Computers A sequence of bits that tells a central processing unit to perform a particular operation and can contain data to be used in the operation.
in·struc′tion·al adj.instructions (ɪnˈstrʌkʃənz) pl n1. directions, orders, or recommended rules for guidance, use, etc2. (Law) law the facts and details relating to a case given by a client to his solicitor or by a solicitor to a barrister with directions to conduct the case: to take instructions. Thesaurus| Noun | 1. |  instructions - a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate itbook of instructions, instruction manual, operating instructionsmanual - a small handbook |
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InstructionsDirectives given by a judge to a jury during a trial prescribing the manner in which the jurors should proceed in deciding the case at bar. Jury instructions ordinarily include a statement of the questions of fact for determination by the jury, as well as a statement of the laws applicable to the facts of the case. instructions the facts of a case given by a client to his solicitor or by a solicitor to a barrister with directions to conduct the case.INSTRUCTIONS, com. law, Contracts. Orders given by a principal to his agent in relation to the business of his agency.
2. The agent is bound to obey the instructions he has received and when he neglects so to do, he is responsible for the consequences, unless he is justified by matter of necessity. 4 Binn. R. 361; 1 Liverm. Agency, 368.
3. Instructions differ materially from authority, as regards third persons. When a written authority is known to exist, or, by the nature of the transaction, it is presupposed, it is the duty of persons dealing with an agent to ascertain the nature and extent of his authority; but they are not required to make inquiry of the agent as to any private instructions from his principal, for the obvious reason that they may be presumed to be secret and of a confidential nature, and therefore not to be communicated to third persons. 5 Bing. R. 442.
4. Instructions are given as applicable to the usual course of things, and are subject to two qualifications which are naturally, and perhaps necessarily implied in every mercantile agency. 1. As instructions are applicable only to the ordinary course of affairs, the agent will be justified, in cases of extreme necessity and unforeseen emergency, in deviating from them; as, for example, when goods on hand are perishable and perishing, or when they are accidentally injured and must be sold to prevent further loss; or if they are in imminent danger of being lost by the capture of the port where they are, they may be transferred to another port. Story on Ag. Sec. 85, 118, 193; 3 Chit. Com. Law, 218; 4 Binn. 361; 1 Liverm. on Ag. 368. 2. Instructions must be lawful; if they are given to perform an unlawful act, the agent is not bound by them. 4 Campb. 183; Story on Ag. Sec. 195. But the lawfulness of such instruction does not relate to the laws of foreign countries. Story, Confl. of Laws, Sec. 245; 1 Liverm. on Ag. 15-19. As to the construction of letters of instruction, see 3 Wash. C. C. R. 151; 4 Wash. C. C. R. 551; 1 Liv. on Ag. 403; Story on Ag. Sec. 74; 2 Wash. C. C. R. 132; 2 Crompt. & J. 244; 1 Knapp,, R. 381. INSTRUCTIONS, practice. The statements of a cause of action, given by a client to his attorney, and which, where such is the practice, are sent to his pleader to put into legal form of a declaration. Warr. Stud. 284.
2. Instructions to counsel are their indemnity for any aspersions they may make on the opposite party; but attorneys who have a just regard to their own reputation will be cautious, even under instructions, not to make any unnecessary attack upon a party or witness. For such unjustifiable conduct the counsel will be held responsible. Eunom. Dial. 2, Sec. 43, p. 132. For a form of instructions, see 3 Chit. Pr. 117, and 120 n. instructions
Synonyms for instructionsnoun a manual usually accompanying a technical device and explaining how to install or operate itSynonyms- book of instructions
- instruction manual
- operating instructions
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