Peremptory Challenge
Legal definition for Indian law research
Definition
Peremptory Challenge, an arbitrary species of challenge to a certain number of jurors without showing any cause.
This privilege is granted to a prisoner in cases of treason and felony, but not misdemeanour, and is denied to the Crown. In treason a prisoner can challenge without cause thirty-five jurors, unless the treason affects the King's person, when the number is limited to twenty, as in felony [(English) Treason Acts, 1695, 1800 and 1842, and the (English) Juries Act, 1825]. See also the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827, s. 3.
This privilege is granted to a prisoner in cases of treason and felony, but not misdemeanour, and is denied to the Crown. In treason a prisoner can challenge without cause thirty-five jurors, unless the treason affects the King's person, when the number is limited to twenty, as in felony [(English) Treason Acts, 1695, 1800 and 1842, and the (English) Juries Act, 1825]. See also the (English) Criminal Law Act, 1827, s. 3.
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