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(Encyclopedia) jury, body convened to make decisions of fact in legal proceedings. In most criminal cases the charge is first considered by a grand jury with 12 to 23 members. It hears witnesses…indictment
(Encyclopedia) indictmentindictmentĭndītˈmənt [key], in criminal law, formal written accusation naming specific persons and crimes. Persons suspected of crime may be rendered liable to trial by…verdict
(Encyclopedia) verdict, in law, official decision of a jury respecting questions of fact that the judge has laid before it. In the United States, verdicts must be unanimous in federal courts;…grand jury
(Encyclopedia) grand jury, in law, body of persons selected to inquire into crimes committed within a certain jurisdiction. It usually comprises a greater number than the trial, or petit (also, petty…jeopardy
(Encyclopedia) jeopardy, in law, condition of a person charged with a crime and thus in danger of punishment. At common law a defendant could be exposed to jeopardy for the same offense only once;…Brewer's: Packing a Jury
Selecting persons on a jury whose verdict may be relied on from proclivity, far more than on evidence. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894PacoletPacific Ocean…Brewer's: Mickleton Jury
(The). A corruption of mickle-tourn (magnus turnus). The jury of court leets. These leets were visited Easter and Michaelmas by the county sheriffs in their tourns. Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Jury Leg
(A). A wooden leg, or leg for the nonce. (See Jury Mast.) “I took the leg off with my saw ... seared the stump ... and made a jury leg that he shambles about with as well as ever he did…Brewer's: Jury Mast
A corruption of joury mast —i.e. a mast for the day, a temporary mast, being a spar used for the nonce when the mast has been carried away. (French, jour, a day.) Source: Dictionary of…Brewer's: Sui Juris
Of one's own right; the state of being able to exercise one's legal rights —i.e. freedom from legal disability. Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894SuicidesSui…Trending
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