Labor A Jury
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910), Black's (1891)
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
To tamper with a Jury; to persuade jurymen not to appear. It seems to come from the meaning of "labor," to prosecute with energy, to urge; as, to labor a point. Dyer, 48; Hob. 294; Co. Litt. 157b; 14 & 20 Hen. VII. 30, 11. The first lawyer that came from England to practice in Boston was sent back for laboring a jury. Washb. Jud. Hist.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
To tamper with a Jury; to persuade jurymen not to appear. It seems to come from the meaning of labor, to prosecute with energy, to urge: as to labor a point. Dy. 48; Hob. 294; Co. Litt 157 ft; 14 & 20 Hen. VII. 30, 11. The first lawyer that came froni England to practice in Boston was sent back for laboring a jury. Washb. Jud. Hist
Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A Dictionary of Law
Henry Campbell Black · 1891
In old practice. To tainper with a jury; to endeavor to iniluence them in their verdict, or their verdict generally.