Under Scots law, there are three potential outcomes of a criminal trial: "proven" (guilty), "not guilty", and "not proven."
The "not proven" [wiki] verdict, also called the Scottish Verdict or the "bastard verdict," is where although the juries don't think that the case has been proven against the defendant, they also not convinced of his innocence.
REally? since when was Not Proven removed?
I like Scots law, the right to trial by combat was on the statutes until the mid 80s.
Wikipedia here I come.
The flipside exists in Poland (or at least, it used to -- unsure if it still does): Guilty but not dangerous. It means you violated the letter of the law, but it's not actually a big deal.
the trial by combat thing I remember hearing about it at the time, an armed robber managed to bargian a significant reduction of his sentence in return for passing on the Trial by combat.
Young nasty robber VS septegenarian judge.
Yup, you fight the judge.