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Rule 275. Charge Read Before Argument
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Before the argument is begun, the judge shall read to the jury, in the precise words in which they were written, his charge and all requested instructions, special issues, definitions, and explanatory instructions which he may give.
Source: R. C. S. Art. 2187.
See note, Subsection D: Changes indicated: "Before the argument is begun, the judge shall read to the jury, in the precise words in which they are written, his charge and all [special charges] requested instructions, special issues, definitions, and explanatory instructions which he may give."
Oct. 29, 1940, eff. Sept. 1, 1941.
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