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Wash. Rev. Code § 4.44.080 (2026)

Questions of law to be decided by court

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All questions of law including the admissibility of testimony, the facts preliminary to such admission, and the construction of statutes and other writings, and other rules of evidence, are to be decided by the court, and all discussions of law addressed to it.
[Code 1881 s 223; 1877 p 47 s 227; 1869 p 56 s 227; RRS s 342.]

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Rules of court: Cf. ER 104 and ER 1008.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 22 cases, 1973–2020 · leading case: State v. Abrams, 178 P.3d 1021 (Wash. 2008).
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State v. Abrams, 178 P.3d 1021 (Wash. 2008). “090, it directed that in a civil jury trial, all questions of fact should be decided by the jury. In RCW 10.46.070, the legislature made those provisions applicable to criminal trials as well.”
State v. Abrams, 163 Wash. 2d 277 (Wash. 2008). “In RCW 4.44.080, the legislature directed courts to determine all questions of law in civil actions, and in RCW 4.”
State Ex Rel. Dep't of Ecology v. Anderson, 620 P.2d 76 (Wash. 1980). · cites it 2× “090, the remaining statutory provision relied upon by the respondent to justify the trial court's ruling in part, provides that all questions of fact "other than those mentioned in RCW 4.44.080" shall be decided by the jury.”
Gross v. Sunding, 161 P.3d 380 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). “Additional Claims ¶26 Gross repeatedly refers to the “reasonable juror” and asserts his right to a jury trial to determine whether waiver, estoppel, or evasion apply to this case.”
Maziar v. Dep't of Corr., 349 P.3d 826 (Wash. 2015). · cites it 2× “Second, “[a] 11 questions of fact other than those mentioned in RCW 4.44.080, shall be decided by the jury.”
State v. Law, 38 P.3d 374 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “RCW 4.44.080; State v. Ammons, 136 Wash.2d 453, 456 , 963 P.”
State v. Law, 110 Wash. App. 36 (Wash. Ct. App. 2002). “RCW 4.44.080; State v. Ammons, 136 Wn.2d 453, 456 , 963 P.”
Gross v. Sunding, 161 P.3d 380 (Wash. Ct. App. 2007). “Additional Claims ¶ 26 Gross repeatedly refers to the "reasonable juror" and asserts his right to a jury trial to determine whether waiver, estoppel or evasion apply to this case.”
Campidoglio LLC v. Wells Fargo & Co., 870 F.3d 963 (9th Cir. 2017). “3d 1273 (2005) (questions of law include the interpretation of contracts, statutes, “and other writings”); Wash. Rev. Code § 4.44.080 (questions of law include “the construction of .”
Maziar v. Dep't of Corr., 327 P.3d 1251 (Wash. Ct. App. 2014). · cites it 3× “090, a territorial statute originally enacted in 1869, states, “All questions of fact other than those mentioned in RCW 4.44.080, shall be decided by the jury, and all evidence thereon addressed to them.”
State v. Chambers, 506 P.2d 311 (Wash. 1973). · cites it 2× “Nevertheless, he assigns error to the trial court’s refusal to submit the minutes and contends “the ends of justice would have been better served to allow them [the jury] to observe the documents upon which their deliberation must .”
Johnson v. Allstate Ins. Co., 108 P.3d 1273 (Wash. Ct. App. 2005). “" RCW 4.44.080; Hastings v. Dep't of Labor & Indus.”
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