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juror

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alt. a member of a jury n. a member of a jury

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Juror \Ju"ror\, n. [F. jureur one who takes oath, L. jurator a swearer, fr. jurare, jurari, to swear. See Jury , n.] (Law) A member of a jury; a juryman. I shall both find your lordship judge and juror. --Shak. A member of any jury for awarding prizes, ...

Usage examples of juror.

She stared up at me brightly, and I caught a brief vision of Sara in full regalia pleading a case before a bemused Judge Cloke and twelve goggle-eyed jurors.

A jury will be empanelled from the voting lists on the morning of the sitting and I must remind you that any attempt to influence witnesses or jurors, by either defendant or plaintiff, will result in immediate forfeiture of the case.

Tibby sighed and felt it rather hard that, because of his open mind, he should be empanelled to serve as a juror.

He had his own witnesses who would testify as to the comparative soundness of Hudson Guaranty, but he feared that in the minds of the jurors, especially the women, there would be left an impression of a wife who is no longer sure that her husband should have the management of her money.

The question is, do we do better if the potential jurors know Hask or not?

In the notorious case of the Krays in 1969 defence counsel was permitted to cross-examine jurors upon whether they had read certain newspaper articles discreditable to the accused.

Is it possible that, for jury members who feel it is their right to consider all the available information, declarations of inad-missibility may actually cause psychological reactance, leading the jurors to use the evidence to a greater extent?

In addition to Arnold, the jurors were Peggy Roebuck, Joan Sprinkle, Vicki Stoll, Barbara White, Sharon French, Peggy Van Hoozer, Howard McNatt, William Billingsly, John Throgmorton, Jennifer Dacus, and Oma Dooley.

Ever suspicious that the sequestration was not effective, he asked that the jurors be voir dired to see if any had heard the news.

Helter Skelter motive was so bizarre that I knew if it was expounded by only one witness no juror would ever believe it.

The instructions were written in the plainest English possible, but many of the words and concepts were still new to the jurors and looks of incomprehension flitted across their faces as Milne went on in a voice that never varied and never emphasized one instruction over another.

Attorney Madigan will argue that this is a hung jury, that the judge should declare a mistrial and send the jurors home.

By a process of careful selection, he would have to requisition jurors of compassion and sensitivity whose minds would be open to fresh concepts and whose imaginations would permit them to take the plunge into the penumbra of the occult and whose religious backgrounds would not cause them to discount the supernatural as entirely unthinkable.

One by one the jurors gathered round the strange polyphonist, and, without a word being spoken, every one knew that it was the best piano-forte in the Exhibition.

It was a long shot, but Boyce was already in his mind mapping out pretrial motion number seventy-five, on the even more daring premise that the traces of French-made hand moisturizing cream in the fingerprints would unfairly bias jurors who felt that an American First Lady should use only American-made beauty products.