Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
Quick lookup for English, Urdu, and Latin legal terms used in Pakistani jurisprudence.
Juror
A person serving on a jury panel. - Also formerly termed layperson.
Matter en ley ne serra mise en bouche del jurors
Matter of law shall not be put into the mouths of jurors.
Nonjuror
1. Someone who is not serving as a juror. 2. Hist. A person who refuses to pledge allegiance to the sovereign; speci£, in England and Scotland, a clergyman who refused to break the oath to James II and his heirs and successors, and recognize William of Orange as king. ( In Scotland, a nonjuror was also recognized by the Presbyterian Church as a clergyman who refused to renounce the Episcopal Church when it was disestablished in favor of Presbyterianism.
Single-juror instruction
See jury instruction
grand juror
A person serving on a grand jury.
juror misconduct
A juror's violation of the court's charge or the law, committed eitherduring trial or in deliberations after trial, such as (1) communicating with outsiders, witnesses, attorneys, bailiffs, or judges about the case, (2) bringing into the jury room information about the case but not in evidence, and (3) conducting experiments regarding theories of the case outside the court's presence.
petit juror
A trial juror, as opposed to a grand juror.
presiding juror
The juror who chairs the jury during deliberations and speaks for the jury in court by announcing the verdict. ( The presiding juror is usu. elected by the jury at the start of deliberations. - Also termed foreman; foreperson.
single juror instruction
An instruction stating that if any juror is not reasonably satisfied with the plaintiff's evidence, then he jury cannot render a verdict for the plaintiff.
standing aside a juror
The prosecution practice of provisionally placing a juror aside until the panel is exhausted, without providing a reason, instead of challenging the juror or showing cause. ( The practice originally developed as a method of avoiding the Challenge of Jurors Act (1305), which prohibited the Crown from challenging a juror without showing cause. A similar practice was formerly used in Pennsylvania.
tales juror
See TALESMAN.
tales-juror
See TALESMAN,
withdrawing a juror
The act or an instance of removing a juror, usu. to obtain a continuance in a case or, sometimes in English practice, to end the case, as when the case has settled, the parties are too anxious to proceed to verdict, or the judge recommends it because the action is not properly before the court.