Array
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850
A New Law Dictionary and Glossary
[L. Lat. arraia, arraiamenturn.] In practice. A ranking, or setting • forth in order; the order in which jurors names are ranked in the panel containing them.
Co. Litt. 156 a. 3 Bl Com. 359.
The whole panel itself; the whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. To challenge the array is to except to the whole panel of jurors. Id. ibid. See Challenge, Panel. To ARRAY. [L. Fr. arayer^ araer^ arair; L. Lat. arraiare.'] In practice. To rank, or set in order. To array a panel is to rank or set the jurors* names in order in the panel, the names being placed one under another.
Old N. Brev. 157.
Termes de la ley.
3 Bl. Com. 359. Boote's Suit at Law, 163, note.