Admonition
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A reprimand from a judge to a person accused, on being discharged, warning him of the consequences of his conduct, and intimating to him that, should he be guilty of the same fault for which he has been admonished, he will be punished with greater severity. Merlin, Report. The admonition was authorized as a species of punishment for slight misdemeanors. ■ A caution by the court to jurors as to the rules for their conduct while hearing or deliberating on a case.