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Petit jury
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Petit juryThe ordinary jury of twelve (or fewer) persons for the trial of a civil or criminal case. So called to distinguish it from the grand jury.
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Ordinary
Civil and Ecclesiastical law. An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right and not by deputation.
Jury
A body of persons sworn to inquire into crime and, if appropriate, bring accusations (indictments) against the suspected criminals.
Trial
Practice., The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the laws, of the land, of the facts put in issue in a cause, for the purpose of determining such issue.
Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned
Grand
An epithet frequently used to denote that the thing. to which it is joined is of more importance and dignity, than other things of the same name; as, grand assize, a writ in a real action to determine the right of property in land; grand cape, a writ used in England, on a plea of land, when the tenant makes default in appearance at the day given for the king to take the land into his hands; grand days, among the English lawyers, are those days in term which are solemnly kept in the inns of court and chancery, namely, Candlemas day, in Hilary term; Ascension day, in Easter term; and All Saint's day, in Michaelmas term; which days are dies non juridici. Grand distress is the name of a writ so called because of its extent, namely, to all. the goods and chattels of the party distrained within the county; this writ is believed to be peculiar to England. Grand Jury. Grand serjeantry, the name of an ancient English military tenure.
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Petit
Sometimes corrupted into petty. A French word signifying little, small.
Petit, treason
English law. The killing of a master by his servant; a hushand by his wife; a superior by a secular or religious man.
Petition
An instrument of writing or printing containing a prayer from the person presenting it, called the petitioner, to the body or person to whom it is presented, for the redress of some wrong, or the grant of some favor, which the latter has the right to give.
Petition of right
English law. When the crown is in possession, or any title is vested in it which is claimed by a subject, as no suit can be brought against the king, the subject is allowed to file in chancery a petition of right to the king.
Petitioner
The party who begins an action; the party who complains or sues in an action and is named as such in the court's records. Also called a plaintiff.
Petitory
That which demands or petitions that which has, the, quality of a prayer or petition; a right to demand.
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Persuasion
The act of influencing by expostulation or request. While the persuasion is confined within those limits which leave the mind free, it may be used to induce another to make his will, or even to make it in his own favor; but if such persuasion should so far operate on the mind of the testator, that he would be deprived of a perfectly free will, it would vitiate the instrument.
Pertinent
Evidence. 1) Those facts which tend to prove the allegations of the party offering them, are called pertinent. 2) By pertinent is also meant that which belongs.
Perturbation
This is a technical word which signifies disturbance, or infringement of a right. It is usually applied to the disturbance of pews, or seats in a church. In the ecclesiastical courts actions for these disturbances are technically called "suits for perturbation of seat.
Pesage
Merchant law. In England a toll bearing this name is charged for weighing avoirdupois goods other than wool.
Petit
Sometimes corrupted into petty. A French word signifying little, small.
Petit jury
Petit, treason
English law. The killing of a master by his servant; a hushand by his wife; a superior by a secular or religious man.
Petition
An instrument of writing or printing containing a prayer from the person presenting it, called the petitioner, to the body or person to whom it is presented, for the redress of some wrong, or the grant of some favor, which the latter has the right to give.
Petition of right
English law. When the crown is in possession, or any title is vested in it which is claimed by a subject, as no suit can be brought against the king, the subject is allowed to file in chancery a petition of right to the king.
Petitory
That which demands or petitions that which has, the, quality of a prayer or petition; a right to demand.
Pettifogger
One who pretends to be a lawyer, but possessing neither knowledge, law, nor conscience.
RELATED TERMS--------------------------------------
Ordinary
Civil and Ecclesiastical law. An officer who has original jurisdiction in his own right and not by deputation.
Jury
A body of persons sworn to inquire into crime and, if appropriate, bring accusations (indictments) against the suspected criminals.
Trial
Practice., The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the laws, of the land, of the facts put in issue in a cause, for the purpose of determining such issue.
Civil
1) It is used in contradistinction to barbarous or savage, to indicate a state of society reduced to order and regular government; thus we speak of civil life, civil society, civil government, and civil liberty. 2) It is sometimes used in contradistinction to criminal, to indicate the private rights and remedies of men, as members of the community, in contrast to those which are public and relate to the government; thus we speak of civil process and criminal process, civil jurisdiction and criminal jurisdiction.
Criminal
Relating to, or having the character of crime
Case
1) Practice. A contested question before a court of justicea suit or action a cause. 2) An agreement in writing, between a plaintiff and defendant, that the facts in dispute between them are as there agreed upon and mentioned
Grand
An epithet frequently used to denote that the thing. to which it is joined is of more importance and dignity, than other things of the same name; as, grand assize, a writ in a real action to determine the right of property in land; grand cape, a writ used in England, on a plea of land, when the tenant makes default in appearance at the day given for the king to take the land into his hands; grand days, among the English lawyers, are those days in term which are solemnly kept in the inns of court and chancery, namely, Candlemas day, in Hilary term; Ascension day, in Easter term; and All Saint's day, in Michaelmas term; which days are dies non juridici. Grand distress is the name of a writ so called because of its extent, namely, to all. the goods and chattels of the party distrained within the county; this writ is believed to be peculiar to England. Grand Jury. Grand serjeantry, the name of an ancient English military tenure.
SIMILAR TERMS--------------------------------------
Petit
Sometimes corrupted into petty. A French word signifying little, small.
Petit, treason
English law. The killing of a master by his servant; a hushand by his wife; a superior by a secular or religious man.
Petition
An instrument of writing or printing containing a prayer from the person presenting it, called the petitioner, to the body or person to whom it is presented, for the redress of some wrong, or the grant of some favor, which the latter has the right to give.
Petition of right
English law. When the crown is in possession, or any title is vested in it which is claimed by a subject, as no suit can be brought against the king, the subject is allowed to file in chancery a petition of right to the king.
Petitioner
The party who begins an action; the party who complains or sues in an action and is named as such in the court's records. Also called a plaintiff.
Petitory
That which demands or petitions that which has, the, quality of a prayer or petition; a right to demand.
PREVIOUS AND NEXT TERMS--------------------------------------
Persuasion
The act of influencing by expostulation or request. While the persuasion is confined within those limits which leave the mind free, it may be used to induce another to make his will, or even to make it in his own favor; but if such persuasion should so far operate on the mind of the testator, that he would be deprived of a perfectly free will, it would vitiate the instrument.
Pertinent
Evidence. 1) Those facts which tend to prove the allegations of the party offering them, are called pertinent. 2) By pertinent is also meant that which belongs.
Perturbation
This is a technical word which signifies disturbance, or infringement of a right. It is usually applied to the disturbance of pews, or seats in a church. In the ecclesiastical courts actions for these disturbances are technically called "suits for perturbation of seat.
Pesage
Merchant law. In England a toll bearing this name is charged for weighing avoirdupois goods other than wool.
Petit
Sometimes corrupted into petty. A French word signifying little, small.
Petit jury
Petit, treason
English law. The killing of a master by his servant; a hushand by his wife; a superior by a secular or religious man.
Petition
An instrument of writing or printing containing a prayer from the person presenting it, called the petitioner, to the body or person to whom it is presented, for the redress of some wrong, or the grant of some favor, which the latter has the right to give.
Petition of right
English law. When the crown is in possession, or any title is vested in it which is claimed by a subject, as no suit can be brought against the king, the subject is allowed to file in chancery a petition of right to the king.
Petitory
That which demands or petitions that which has, the, quality of a prayer or petition; a right to demand.
Pettifogger
One who pretends to be a lawyer, but possessing neither knowledge, law, nor conscience.
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