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Foeemau

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A Dictionary of Law

William C. Anderson · 1889

The presiding member of a jury, grand or petit. From the persons summoned and accepted as grand jurors, the court appoints the foreman, who has power to administer oaths to witnesses." The first i See Hatch v. White, 2 Gall. 164 (1814), Story, J.; Sprague v. Martin, 29 Minn. 229 (1882); Du Val v. Johnson, 39 Ark. 188 (1883); 44 Ohio St. 875; 4 Kent, 180; 2 Washburn, E. P. 261, note; Williams, K. P. 409; Daniel, Ch. Pr. 1204. a Martin v. Pond, 30 F. R. 18 (1887), cases. 'T.fmain, alien, strange: L. foras, out of doors, abroad. < See Cherokee Nation v. Georgia, 5 Pet. *56 (1831). » Spratt V. Spratt, 1 Pet. *349 (1838). 71 person drawn and accepted upon a petit jury becomes its foreman. A jury speaks througli its foreman.,