Peremptory challenge
Black's Law Dictionary · Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
Black's Law Dictionary
In criminal practice. A species of challenge which a prisoner is allowed to have against a certain number of jurors, without assigning any cause. Lewis v. U. S..
146 U. S. 370 , 13 Sup. Ct. 136, 36 L. Ed. 1011; Turpin v. State, 55 Md. 482; Leary v. Railway Co.., 69 N. J. Law, 67, 54 AU. 527; State v. Hays, 23 Mo. 287.