| 单词 | the twelve men |
| 释义 | > as lemmasthe twelve men ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] jury?a1400 panelc1400 size1488 assize1528 the twelve men1589 society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] > member(s) of jury juror1377 assizer1436 jurier1486 empanel1569 juryman1579 the twelve men1589 questrymanc1690 venire man1781 1589 Sir T. Smith's Common-welth (rev. ed.) ii. ix. 62 They which..either condemne or acquite the man..are not called Iudges, but the twelue men. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Xxx2/2 Twelve Men..is a number of twelve persons or vpwards to the number of 24. by whose discretion all tryals passe both in ciuill and criminall causes. 1608 in Notes & Queries 8th Ser. 11 201/1 Paines laid at the great courte at Sheffelde..by the twelue men of the sooke of Ecclesfelde. 1886 Johns Hopkins Univ. Stud. 4th Ser. i. 55 The patentees are said to have been called the ‘Twelve Men’ or Duzine, and to have had both legislative and judicial powers in town affairs. < as lemmas |
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