principal challenge
Defined in 5 dictionaries — Case Law, Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)
Definitions from Case Law
From 299 U.S. 123 - United States v. Wood · 1936Most cited · 911 citing opinions
a challenge to the polls upon grounds of absolute disqualification
The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary
Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922
A principal challenge was grounded on such manifest presumption of partiality that if the fact alleged was proved to be true, the disqualification of the juror followed as a legal conclusion, incapable of being rebutted. 144 111. 164. See Challenge.
Ballentine's Law Dictionary
James A. Ballentine · 1916
Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia
John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914
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Black's Law Dictionary
Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910
A challenge of a juror for a cause which carries with it, prima fade, evident marks of suspicion either of malice or favor; as that a juror is of kin to either party within the ninth degree ; that he has an interest in the cause, etc. 3 Bl. Comm. 363. A species of chnilenge to the array made on account of partiality or some default in the sheriff or his under-officer who arrayed the panel.
Defined under Challenge in Black's Law Dictionary.