Can a question of law be reserved during or after a trial?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from [1] Rex v. Bordenink, 1919 CanLII 184 (SK CA):
Any question of law arising either on the trial or any of the proceedings preliminary, subsequent or incidental thereto, or arising out of the direction of the Judge may be reserved during or after the trial. The question submitted here was, of course, not reserved after the trial, for the trial has not yet been concluded. When a question is reserved during the trial, the trial shall proceed as in other cases. This further strengthens my conviction that the decision in Rex v. Trepanier, supra, is right.
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