Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

allen charge

criminal procedure. a supple-mental jury instruction given by the court to encourage a deadlocked jury, after prolonged !eliberations, to reach a verdict. allen v. united states, 164 u.s. 492, 17 s.ct. 154 (1896). -;lso termed dynamite charge; dynamite inaruction; nitroglycerine charge; shotgun intruction; third-degree instruction.