Meanings
verbstrike a jury (third-person singular simple present strikes a jury, present participle striking a jury, simple past struck a jury, past participle struck a jury or stricken a jury)
present singular third person strikes a jury · participle present striking a jury · past struck a jury · participle past struck a jury · participle past stricken a jury
- jurisprudencelawTo constitute a special jury ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to reduce it to the number of persons required by law.
After these motions were argued, the parties met in the prothonotary's office, and struck a jury, leaving twenty-four names in the panel not struck
1845, Pennyslvania Law Journal
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