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Discharge of a jury
Matched in: Term Discharge of a jury
Special jury
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High Steward, Court of the Lord
only, and always to a lord of Parliament. When, therefore, such an indictment is found by a grand jury of freeholders in the King's Bench, or at the assizes before a judge of oyer and terminer, it … High Steward, Court of the Lord, a tribunal instituted for the trial of peers or peeresses indicted for treason or felony, or for misprision of either, but not for any
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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 … causes above named, the jury-processes maybe directed to the coroner, or they would be grounds for a new trial. (2) A challenge to the polls, which is an exception to one or more of the jurors who
Bill of exceptions
etc., shall prejudice the right of any party to any action to have the issues for trial by jury submitted and left by the judge to the jury, etc.: Provided also, that the said right may be
trial by jury
Matched in: Term trial by jury
nisi prius
a court of record that tries an issue of fact before a jury and a single judge : trial court ;also : the proceedings in such a court : the conducting of jury trials [long-distance travel eliminated … Latin, unless before, the words introducing a clause in an English writ commanding a sheriff to provide a jury at the Court of Westminster on a certain day unless the judges of assize previously come to the
bench trial
Matched in: Term bench trial
jeopardy
offense see also double jeopardy NOTE: Jeopardy attaches, or comes into effect for double jeopardy purposes, when a jury is sworn in or, in a non-jury trial, when the judge begins to hear evidence. The Fifth Amendment
Jeopardy
means the risk of conviction and 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
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