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Half-tongue
Half-tongue, a jury de meditate lingu', formerly empanelled to try foreigners. An alien is now tribal in the same manner as if he were a natural-born
Court-leet
judge, and presides in the court wholly in a judicial character; the ministerial acts of the court,such as empanelling the jury, are executed by the bedel or bailiff, sworn to a due performance of his duty. The
Diversity
of execution, alleging that he is not the same who was attainted, upon which a jury is immediately empanelled to try the collateral issue thus raised, viz., the identity of the person; and not whether he is
Jeopardy
punish-ment that a criminal defendant faces at trial. Jeopardy attaches in a jury trial when the jury is empaneled, and in a Bench trial when the first witness is sworn. Also termed legal jeopardy, Black's Law Dictionary,
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