{"id":10287,"date":"2017-12-07T08:42:42","date_gmt":"2017-12-07T08:42:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10287"},"modified":"2017-12-08T08:52:44","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:52:44","slug":"sequestration-of-jury-a-court-order-prohibiting-the-members-of-a-jury-from-having-public-contact-reading-newspapers-watching-television-etc-while-the-trial-is-in-progress-until-after-they-delive","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10287","title":{"rendered":"Sequestration of Jury – a court order prohibiting the members of a jury from having public contact, reading newspapers, watching television (etc) while the trial is in progress until after they deliver their verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"

sequestration<\/span>:<\/strong><\/span>
\nn.<\/em> (16c)<\/span><\/p>\n

1. The act or process of separating, isolating, or secluding one or more people or things from others.
\n<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2. The quality, state, or condition of being separated, isolated, or secluded; especially, retirement or withdrawal from society.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

3. Custodial isolation of a trial jury to prevent tampering<\/a> and exposure to publicity, or of witnesses to prevent them from hearing the testimony of others.<\/strong> \u2014 aka (in sense 2) jury sequestration<\/span><\/strong>. <\/em>[1]<\/span><\/p>\n

sequestration of jury<\/span>:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

1. A court order<\/a> prohibiting the members of a jury from having public contact, reading newspapers, watching television, or the like, while the trial is in progress and until they have delivered their verdict.<\/strong> [2]<\/span><\/p>\n

References:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Disclaimer:<\/span><\/span><\/strong> All material throughout this website is pertinent to people everywhere, and is being utilized in accordance with Fair Use<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[1]: Black\u2019s Law Dictionary<\/a><\/span><\/strong>\u00a0<\/a><\/span>Deluxe Tenth Edition<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/em>\u00a0by Henry Campbell Black, Editor in Chief Bryan A. Garner. ISBN: 978-0-314-61300-4<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

[2<\/span><\/strong>]: Ballantine\u2019s Law Dictionary\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/strong>Legal Assistant Edition<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/em>by Jack Ballantine\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>(James Arthur 1871-1949).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/em>Doctored<\/span><\/a><\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/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

******************************************<\/span><\/p>\n

Back to (Types of) Challenges to Jurors<\/a><\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

All About Jury Trials<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Back to <\/span><\/span><\/strong>Civil Complaint Self-Help Walkthrough<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure <\/span><\/strong>Simplified<\/u><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

All Federal Rules of Procedure <\/span><\/strong>Simplified<\/u><\/span><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Intro to Law<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Like this website?<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Please Support Our Fundraiser<\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

or donate via\u00a0PayPal<\/a>:<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n