The laws and customs of the West Saxons, In the time of the Heptarchy, by which the people were for a long time governed, and which were preferred before all others. Wharton. . … [Read more...]

The process of selecting jurors for trial where jurors are questions by both parties and potentially by the judge in order to determine their fitness to serve on a jury and that they are free from bias. (See voir dire.) Other challenges also exist in order to promote the fairness of the selection of a jury. … [Read more...]

In the civil law. The name of a servitude which gives to the owner of land the right to bring down water through or from the land of another. … [Read more...]

A crime referring to attempts to unlawfully influence members of a jury to side with one party other than by in court evidence, testimony and argument. For example, bribing a juror, threatening a juror or the juror's family. … [Read more...]

In old English law. The right of bench. The right or privilege of having an elevated and separate seat of judgment, anciently allowed only to the king's judges, who hence were said to administer high justice, (summam administrant justir tiam.) Blount … [Read more...]