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Defined in 4 dictionaries — Cyclopedic (1922), Ballentine's (1916), Bouvier (1914), Black's (1910)

The Cyclopedic Law Dictionary

Walter A. Shumaker and George Foster Longsdorf; ed. James C. Cahill · 1922

One selected in a particular way by the parties. See "Jury."

Ballentine's Law Dictionary

James A. Ballentine · 1916

A jury of men of a certain class or business.

Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia

John Bouvier; revised by Francis Rawle · 1914

One selected in a particular way by the parties. See Jury.

Black's Law Dictionary

Henry Campbell Black, M.A. · 1910

A jury ordered by the court, on the motion of either party, in cases of unusual importance or intricacy. Called, from the manner in which it is constituted, a "struck jury." 3 Bl. Comm. 357. A jury composed of persons above the rank of ordinary freeholders; usually summoned to try questions of greater importance than those usually submitted to common juries. Brown.

Defined under Jury in Black's Law Dictionary.