peremptory
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If one side likes a potential juror, then 9 times out of 10 the other side will exercise a peremptory challenge to make sure that this person does not make it onto the jury.
From Salon • Apr. 23, 2024
So Blanche had to use yet another one of his peremptory challenges to knock Juror 128.
From Slate • Apr. 18, 2024
“If you’re going to strike everybody who’s either a Republican or a Democrat,” the judge observed at a February hearing, “you’re going to run out of peremptory challenges very quickly.”
From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2024
Each side has 10 "peremptory" challenges, jurors they can dismiss for no particular reason, said Ms Florence.
From BBC • Apr. 12, 2024
“Hey!” called a muted, peremptory voice from the leafless shrubs growing beside his tent in a waist-high clump after Appleby had gone.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
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