Alternate Juror - Law Dictionary Search Results
Home Dictionary Name: alternate juroralternate juror
alternate juror a juror who is selected in the same manner as a regular juror and hears the evidence in a case along with the regular jurors, but does not help decide the case unless called upon to replace a regular juror. Source: Federal Judicial Center ...
alternate
alternate 1 : occurring or succeeding by turns 2 : being an alternative [ juror] n 1 : alternative 2 : one that substitutes for another [twelve jurors and three s] ...
struck jury
struck jury 1 : a jury that is selected from a venire of usually forty people from which potential jurors are struck by attorneys for each side alternately until a specified number (as twelve) of jurors are left 2 : special jury ...
juror
juror : a member of a jury [an alternate ] ;broadly : an individual who is summoned but not yet selected to serve on a jury ...
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