Challenge for Cause – a party’s objection to a juror, supported by a specified reason, which should disqualify the potential juror

challenge for cause:
(17c)

1. A party’s challenge supported by a specified reason, such as bias or prejudice, that would disqualify that potential juror. — aka for-cause challenge; for-cause; causal challenge; general challenge; challenge to the poll. [1]

1. An objection to a juror, made on voir dire for cause stated, that is, pointing out the ground upon which the juror is disqualified. [2]

1. An objection, for a stated reason, to a juror being allowed to hear a case. [3]

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[1]: Black’s Law Dictionary Deluxe Tenth Edition by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4

[2]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary with Pronunciations
Third Edition
 by James A. Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949).  Edited by William S. Anderson.  © 1969 by THE LAWYER’S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.  Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931

[3]: Ballantine’s Law Dictionary Legal Assistant Edition by Jack Ballantine (James Arthur 1871-1949).  Doctored by Jack G. Handler, J.D. © 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.  ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.

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