| 单词 | common jury |
| 释义 | > as lemmascommon jury common jury n. British (now historical) a jury for which no qualification of property or social standing is required; opposed to special jury n. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] > petty or trial jury petty (or petit) jury1495 common jury1614 second inquest1681 trial jury1884 traverse jury1911 1614 J. Selden Titles of Honor ii. vii. 285 Henry calld Earle of Surrey, and sonne to the Duke of Norfolk, vnder Henry VIII. beeing attainted of Treason by a common Iurie, and not by Peers or Barons. 1869 Law Mag. & Law Rev. 26 171 The law and practice relating to the summoning, attendance, and remunerating of special and common juries. 2001 Daily Tel. 22 Oct. 21/3 Until 1949, parties had a right to elect to be tried by special juries, whose members had better qualifications than a common jury, for defamation and fraud. common jury c. petty (or petit) jury (in contradistinction to grand jury), trial jury, traverse jury, or common jury (in contradistinction to special jury): a jury which tries the final issue of fact in civil or criminal proceedings, and pronounces its decision in a ‘verdict’ upon which the court gives judgement. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] > petty or trial jury petty (or petit) jury1495 common jury1614 second inquest1681 trial jury1884 traverse jury1911 1495 [see grand jury n. at sense 2b]. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Oo3v Iurie (Iurata) commeth of the french (Iuererii iurare) it signifieth in our common lawe, a companie of men as 24. or 12. Sworne to deliver a truth vpon such euidence, as shalbe deliuered them touching the matter in question. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xxiii. 358 A common jury is one returned by the sheriff according to the directions of the statute 3 Geo. II. c. 25. which appoints that the sheriff..shall not return a separate panel for every separate cause, as formerly. < as lemmas |
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