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peremptory<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\nadj. <\/em>(15c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Allowing no opportunity for challenge or contradiction; absolute.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. Imperious; autocratic.<\/strong> [1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Final; positive; conclusive.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. Final; absolute; conclusive; incontrovertible<\/strong> <The king’s peremptory order>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Not requiring any shown cause; arbitrary<\/strong> <peremptory challenges>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

3. (Of behavior) abrupt, with neither politeness nor friendliness, indicating an expectation of immediate obedience.<\/strong> [3]<\/span><\/p>\n

peremptory challenge<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong>
\n(16c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A challenge to a\u00a0 juror that a party may exercise without having to give a reason. <\/strong>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

1. A challenge to a juror to be exercised by a party to a civil action or criminal prosecution without assignment of reason or cause. \u00a0Bufford v State,\u00a0<\/em>148 Neb 38, 26 NW2d 383<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

A challenge to a\u00a0 judge without assignment of reason or cause.\u00a0 Austin v Lambert, <\/em>10 Cal 2d 73, 77 P2d 849, 115 ALR 849<\/span>. <\/strong>[2]<\/span>
\n<\/strong><\/p>\n

1. One of a party\u2019s limited number of challenges that do not need to be supported by a reason unless the opposing party makes a prima facie showing that the challenge was used to discriminate on the basis of race, ethnicity, or sex.\u00a0 *\u00a0 At one time, a peremptory challenge could not be attacked and did not have to be explained. But today if discrimination is charged, the party,making the peremptory challenge must give a nondiscriminatory reason for striking the juror.\u00a0 The court must consider several factors in deciding whether the proffered reason is merely a screen for illegal discrimination. Batson v. Kentucky<\/em>, 476 US. 79, 106 S.Ct. 1712 (1986)<\/a>.<\/strong> \u2014 Often shortened to peremptory<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. \u2014 aka peremptory strike<\/strong><\/em><\/span>; sight strike<\/strong><\/em><\/span>. See STRIKE (2); Batson challenge<\/em><\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n

perempt<\/span>:<\/span>
\n<\/span><\/strong>n. (18c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1.<\/strong> Slang.<\/em> To strike (a prospective juror) by peremptory challenge<\/strong> <prosecutors perempted the defendant’s neighbor>.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

2.<\/strong> Slang.<\/em> To exercise a peremptory challenge<\/strong> <both sides had plenty of opportunities to perempt>.\u00a0 *\u00a0 The difference between sense 1 and sense 2 is that sense 1 is transitive, whereas sense 2 is intransitive.\u00a0<\/strong> This slangy verb, a linguistic backformation from the adjective peremptory<\/em>, is often mispronounced as if it were preempt<\/em> \u2014 an entirely different word.<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

To quash, do away with, or extinguish.<\/strong><\/span> [3]<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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[1]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a>Legal Assistant Edition<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by Jack Ballantine\u00a0(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/em>Doctored<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>by\u00a0Jack G. Handler,\u00a0J.D.<\/a>\u00a0\u00a9 1994 Delmar by Thomson Learning.\u00a0 ISBN 0-8273-4874-6.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>with Pronunciations
\n<\/span><\/em>Third Edition<\/span><\/strong><\/a>\u00a0by James A. Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Edited by William S. Anderson.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a9 1969 by THE LAWYER\u2019S CO-OPERATIVE PUBLISHING COMPANY.\u00a0 Library of Congress Catalog Card No. 68-30931<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[3]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/b><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0<\/span>by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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