juries of matrons

A form of jury of matrons — A jury of women impanelled to try a question of pregnancy, as where a widow alleges herself to be with child by her late husband, or a woman sentenced to death, to stay execution, pleads that she is with child.

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Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of jury of matrons
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