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Summoners

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summon

summon : to command by service of a summons to appear in court

Outrider

A summoner whose office is to cite men before the sheriff

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Resummon

To summon again

vouch

vouch [Anglo-French voucher to call, summon, summon to court as guarantor of a title, ultimately from Latin vocare to call, summon] vt 1 :

Challenge to the array

Challenge to the array, is the taking of exception to the whole panel of persons returned by the summoning officer by reason of matter personal to himself, and is either a principal challenge (on the ground of

Jury process

Jury process, means (1) the procedure by which jurors are summoned and their attendance is enforced. (2) The papers served on or mailed to potential jurors to compel their

Great Seal

that there should be one Great Seal for the United Kingdom, to be used for sealing writs to summon the Parliament, and for sealing treaties with foreign states and all public acts of state which concern the

Jury

should be made for exemption to the registration officer under the (English) Juries Act, 1922. Special jurors are summoned to try the more important or difficult jury cases in the King's Bench Division. Grand jury, abolished (except

High Steward, Court of the Lord

the indictment is regularly removed by certiorari, the Lord High Steward addresses a precept to a serjeant-at-arms, to summon the lords to attend and try the indicted peer. All the peers who have a right to sit

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