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Challenge

F., to accuse of], an exception taken either against things or jurors. In civil actions, when a full jury appear, either party may challenge them for cause, as well the talesmen as the jurors originally returned. Challenges

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verdict

NOTE: The acceptance of partial verdicts before a jury is finished with deliberations may interfere with the deliberative process; having a jury achieve unanimity on a higher charge first discourages compromise verdicts on lesser included offenses. In … Latin verus) + dit saying, from Latin dictum] 1 : the usually unanimous finding or decision of a jury on one or more matters (as counts of an indictment or complaint) submitted to it in trial that

Elisors

Elisors, electors. In case of challenge to the sheriff and coroners for partiality, etc., the jury process was directed to two clerks of the Court, or two persons of the county named by the Court,

challenge

reason challenge to the array : a challenge of an entire jury that raises objections to the selection process peremptory challenge : a challenge esp. of a prospective juror that does not require a stated cause or … 621 (1969)"] see also batson challenge 2 : a request to disqualify a trier of fact (as a jury member or judge) compare recusal, strike challenge for cause : a challenge esp. of a prospective juror based

fee

of a document NOTE: Filing fees are ordinarily charged in civil matters with the filing of the complaint. jury fee : a fee that is assessed in some courts as part of the cost of a civil … of a civil jury trial orig·i·na·tion fee : a fee charged by a lender for the preparation and processing of a loan in fee : under title that creates a fee

Award

formal process or by judicial decree e.g. to company awarded the contact to the low bidder e.g. the jury awarded punitive damages, Black Law Dictionary, 7th Edn., p. 132. Means a final judgment or decision, esp. one

Distringas

the goods or person of the defendant, 1 Rol. Ab. 737. See DETINUE. (4) A distringas juratores, a jury process, abolished by (English) C.L.P. Act, 1852, s. 104. In Equity a distringas was issued in these two cases:-

adversary

of justice in which opposing parties usually represented by counsel present evidence to an impartial decision-maker (as a jury) by a process of questioning witnesses under the supervision of a judge compare accusatorial, inquisitorial

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