Peremptory Challenge
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary · Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
A challenge without cause given, allowed to prisoner's counsel in criminal cases, up to a certain number of jurors.
11 Chit. Stat. 59, 689; 2 Harg. St. Tr. 808; 4 Harg. St.