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Peremptory challenge

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a privilege sometimes allowed to defendants, of challenging a certain number of jurors (fixed by statute in different States) without assigning any cause.
(Law) See under Challenge.

See also: Challenge Peremptory



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edu/new/np2009/ Jurists on study panel BOSTON - Two judges and a lawyer from Central Massachusetts have been appointed to a panel that will study peremptory challenges in the jury selection process and issue a report of its findings next spring, according to the Massachusetts Bar Association.
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The Appellate Court of Connecticut reversed the judgment and remanded the case to the trial court for a new trial, having concluded that the court abused its discretion in awarding the plaintiff peremptory challenges not authorized by Connecticut law.
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99) In light of these facts, the Sixth Circuit reversed the trial court and concluded that even if the foreperson's relations would not have given rise to a legal basis for a challenge for cause, they should have been "available [for] the intelligent use of the peremptory challenge.
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