Impaktial

4 1. Applied to a juror, indifferent as he stands unsworn; 5 has not formed an opinion as to the issue.* '■In all criminal prosecutions, the accused shall en joy the right to a speedy and public trial, by an impartial jury of the State and district wherein the crime shall have been committed," etc.' Compare ISniFFERENT; PREJUDICE, 1. The courts are not agreed as to the knowledge upon which an opinion must rest to render a juror incompetent, or whether the opinion must be accompanied by malice or ill-will; but all unite in holding that it must be founded on some evidence, and be more than a mere impression. Some say it must be positive; others, that it must be decided and substantial; others, that it must be fixed; others again, that it must be deliberate and settled. All concede, however, that if hypothetical only, the partiality is not so manifest as to necessitate setting the juror aside.* 2. As understood in conditions annexed to bonds, see Faithfully.