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Defined in 2 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To compel unanimity among the jurors who disagree. It was done either by confining them without meat and drink, or, more anciently, by adding other jurors to the panel to a limited extent, securing the concurrence of twelve in a verdict. See Bracton, fols. 185b, 292a; Fleta, bk, 4, c. 9, § 2. The practice is now discontinued,
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
To compel jurors to agree by starving them or by adding jurors until twelve agreed.