{"id":10333,"date":"2017-12-08T04:11:06","date_gmt":"2017-12-08T04:11:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10333"},"modified":"2017-12-08T08:55:05","modified_gmt":"2017-12-08T08:55:05","slug":"legal-terms-pertaining-primarily-to-jury-selection","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/reunitethestates.org\/?page_id=10333","title":{"rendered":"Jury Panel Selection Process:"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jury Commissioner<\/span><\/a> – an official who is responsible for compiling jury lists, drawing jurors for a panel, and then summoning them for duty.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jury Duty<\/span><\/a> – the obligation to serve on a jury or the act thereof.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jury List<\/span><\/a> – a roster of all people within a jurisdiction who possess the necessary legal qualifications for jury duty, or a list of people who have been placed on a jury panel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jury Panel<\/a> <\/span>– the jury (list) empaneled for the trial of a particular case.<\/strong> \u2014 aka venire<\/strong> (pronounced “veh-neer”)<\/em>.<\/span><\/p>\n

Jury Process<\/a><\/span> – the papers served on or mailed to potential jurors to compel their attendance, and the procedure by which jurors are summoned and their attendance is enforced.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jury Wheel<\/a> <\/span>– a physical device or electronic system used for storing and randomly selecting names of potential jurors.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Jury Shuffle<\/span><\/a> – a process for rearranging jury panel<\/a> members (“veniremembers<\/a>“) whereby cards are shuffled to rearrange their seating before voir dire<\/a> (jury selection) begins.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Talesmen<\/a><\/span> – a juror summoned from among bystanders in the courthouse to complete a jury panel when, because of challenge or other cause, there is not a petit jury to determine a civil or criminal case because the original jury panel has been exhausted.<\/strong> \u2014 aka tales-juror<\/strong>.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

Veniremember<\/span><\/a> – a prospective juror; a member of a jury panel.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Voir Dire (Examination)<\/a> <\/span>– a preliminary examination of a prospective juror by a judge or litigant(‘s counsel) to decide whether the prospect is qualified and suitable to serve on a jury.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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