| 单词 | principal challenge |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprincipal challenge a. ‘An Exception taken, against either persons or things’ (Blount); spec. an objection made to one or more of the jurymen in a trial, as in principal challenge, peremptory challenge, challenge to the array, challenge to the polls, challenge to the favour. Also, an exception taken to a vote, etc. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > statement > objection > [noun] > an objection objectionc1410 objecta1425 challenge1530 quarrel1579 demurrer1598 demurral1808 1292 Britton i. ii. §11 Et si defendoms a touz Corouners qe nul remue jurour par chaleng de nule partie.] 1530 1 Act 22 Hen. VIII c. 14 §8 No person arrained for any pety treason, murder, or felony be..admitted to any peremytorie chalenge aboue the nombre of xx. 1660 Exact Accompt Trial Regicides 32 If you will not agree in your Challenges, we must be forced to Try you severally. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 359 As the jurors appear..they shall be sworn, unless challenged by either party. Challenges are of two sorts; challenges to the array and challenges to the polls..Challenges to the array are at once an exception to the whole panel, in which the jury are arrayed. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 361 Challenges to the polls, in capita, are exceptions to particular jurors. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. 363 Challenges to the favour, are where the party hath no principal challenge; but objects only some probable circumstances of suspicion, as acquaintance, and the like. 1853 T. I. Wharton Digest Cases Pennsylvania II. 115 Interest in a juror is a principal cause of challenge. principal challenge principal challenge n. Law (now rare) a challenge against a jury, or against a particular juror, alleging a fact that, if proved, would disqualify such jury or juror as a matter of law.In quot. 1607 with slightly different sense; apparently = peremptory challenge n. at peremptory adj. 1b. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [noun] > enrolment of jury > objection against jurymen peremptory exception1413 peremptory challenge1530 peremptory1606 principal challenge1702 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. M4v/2 Challenge principall (otherwise..called peremptorie) is that, which the lawe alloweth without cause alledged, or farder examination.] 1702 W. Bohun Privilegia Londini 180 His real or personal Estate shall be worth 100 Marks, and the Jurors defect herein is a principal Challenge. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xxiii. 363 A principal challenge is such, where the cause assigned carries with it prima facie evident marks of suspicion, either of malice or favour. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. iii. 354 Where there are manifest reasons of suspecting partiality..in which case the challenge is called a principal challenge. 1978 Stanford Law Rev. 30 491 The ‘principal’ challenge was allowed as a matter of course upon a showing that the sheriff, who chose the jury, was related to one of the parties by blood or affinity. 1994 D. S. Campbell Free Press v. Fair Trial 9 These are called principal challenges..because the partiality of the potential jurors is clear to all. < as lemmas |
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