Advise
A Dictionary of Law · Henry Campbell Black · 1891
A Dictionary of Law
To give an opinion or counsel, or recommend a plan er course of action; also to give notice. This term is not synonymous with “direct” or “instruct.” Where a statute authorizes the trial court to advise the jury to acquit, the court has no power to instrucé the jury to acquit. ‘The court can only counsel, and the jury are not bound by the advice.
70 Cal. 17, 11 Pac. Rep. 470.