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Admonition
A judge's warning to jurors about their duties or conduct, usually an instruction that the panel refrain from viewing media reports or other information that could influence its verdict
Ordering lawyers to comply with rules of professional conduct was a less restrictive alternative to issuing a gag order during a high-profile politically charged Alabama gambling-corruption retrial, the presiding judge said in an opinion explaining the rationale for his decision yesterday.