An exception is an objection upon a matter of law to a decision made, either before or after judgment, by a Court, tribunal, Judge, or other judicial officer, in an action or proceeding. The exception must be taken at the time the decision is made, except as provided in section six hundred and forty-seven.
Provisions Relating to Trials in GeneralExceptions
Section § 646
An exception is when you formally object to a legal decision made by a judge or a court. This objection must be made right when the decision happens, but there are some cases covered in another section where you can object later.
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Section § 647
This section explains that certain court orders and decisions are automatically considered to be challenged or 'excepted to.' These include things like a jury's verdict, final decisions in cases, specific interim orders, and decisions about procedural matters. The law ensures that if a party makes their objection known when the decision is made (or soon after), other related rulings are also considered challenged.
All of the following are deemed excepted to: the verdict of the jury; the final decision in an action or proceeding; an interlocutory order or decision, finally determining the rights of the parties, or some of them; an order or decision from which an appeal may be taken; an order sustaining or overruling a demurrer, allowing or refusing to allow an amendment to a pleading, striking out or refusing to strike out a pleading or a portion thereof, or refusing a continuance; an order made upon ex parte application, giving an instruction, refusing to give an instruction, or modifying an instruction requested; an order or decision made in the absence of the party or an order
granting or denying a nonsuit or a motion to strike out evidence or testimony; a ruling sustaining or overruling an objection to evidence; and any statement or other action of the court in commenting upon or in summarizing the evidence. If the party, at the time when the order, ruling, action or decision is sought or made, or within a reasonable time thereafter, makes known his position thereon, by objection or otherwise, all other orders, rulings, actions or decisions are deemed to have been excepted to.
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