What is the meaning and significance of instructions to the jury?

What will be an ideal response?


Answer: Jury instructions advise the jury as to the applicable law of the case. Instructing the jury is also called
charging the jury. Without these instructions, the jury is not likely to know the law that must be
followed.

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