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Impanel

To enter in a list or on a piece of parchment called a panel to form or enroll as a list of jurors in a court of justice...

trial jury

trial jury : a jury impaneled to try a case : petit jury ...

habeas corpus [Medieval Latin, literally, you should have the body (the opening words of the writ)] : any of several writs originating at common law that are issued to bring a party before the court ;esp : habeas corpus ad subjiciendum in this entry [the privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when in cases of rebellion or invasion the public safety may require it "U.S. Constitution art. I"] habeas corpus ad fa·ci·en·dum et re·ci·pi·en·dum [-ad-fa-sē-en-dəm-et-ri-si-pē-en-dəm, -fa-shē-en-; -Ä d-fÄ -kē-en-dm-et-rā-kē-pē-en-dm] [New Latin, literally, you should have the body for doing and receiving] : habeas corpus cum causa in this entry habeas corpus ad pro·se·quen·dum [-ad-prÄ -si-kwen-dəm, -Ä d-prō-sā-kwen-dm] [New Latin, literally, you should have the body for prosecuting] : a writ for removing a prisoner for trial i...

empanel

empanel var of impanel ...

array

array : to set (a jury) for trial ;specif : to set (a jury) by calling out the names of the jurors one at a time compare impanel n : the group of people summoned to serve as jurors from which the jury will be chosen ;also : a list of the jurors' names see also challenge to the array at challenge compare venire ...

advisory jury

advisory jury : a jury impaneled at the discretion of a trial judge to assist the judge in deciding a case NOTE: Advisory juries are allowed in cases in which there is no right to a jury or in which the right to a jury has been waived. The judge may follow or disregard the advisory jury's verdict. ...

Uses

Uses (History). A use is the intention or purpose, express or implied, upon which property is to be held. The Common Law treated the actual possessor for all purposes as the owner of the property. It was not difficult to find him out, since the possession of his estate was conferred upon him by a formal and notorious ceremony, technically called livery of seisin, which was performed openly and in the presence of the people of the locality.It soon became evident that the simple rules of the Common Law were stumbling-blocks to the complicated wants of an enterprising people.Hence ingenuity was sharpened to hit upon a device which should set at nought the rigidity of existing law and formalities.A system was found by the monastic jurists upon a model furnished by the Civil Law, which, by a nice adaptation, evaded, without overturning, the Common Law. Two methods of transferring realty began to co-exist in this country-the ancient Common Law system, and the later invention, which is denomi...

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