According to the New Health Guide, foods that contain complex proteins can cause burps that smell like rotten eggs. These foods, which include red meats, dairy products and eggs, produce hydrogen sulfide as they are broken down.
A judge may declare a mistrial for several reasons, including lack of jurisdiction, incorrect jury selection, or a deadlocked, or hung, jury. A deadlocked juryâwhere the jurors cannot agree over the defendant's guilt or innocenceâis a common reason for declaring a mistrial. Extraordinary circumstances, such as death or illness of a necessary juror or an attorney, may also result in a mistrial.
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of jury): grand jury (a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments) hung jury (a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial)) petit jury; petty jury (a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings)