The most recent term was dynamite charge, which is defined as:
An judge’s admonition to a deadlocked jury to go back to the jury room
and try harder to reach a verdict. The judge might remind the jurors to
respectfully consider the opinions of others and will often assure them
that if the case has to be tried again, another jury won’t necessarily
do a better job than they’re doing. Because of its coercive nature,
some states prohibit the use of a dynamite charge as a violation of
their state constitution, but the practice passed Federal
constitutional muster in the case of Allen v. Gainer. The instruction is also known as a dynamite instruction, shotgun instruction, Allen charge or third degree instruction.
NY Law Guy got it right and Vickie Pynchon's guess was pretty close as well.
Today's term is:
reading on.
As always, educated guesses are welcome-dictionaries are not.
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