sheriff’s jury
Hist. A jury selected and summoned by a sheriff to hold inquests for various purposes, such as assessing damages in an action in which the defendant makes no defense or ascertaining the mental condition of an alleged lunatic.
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sheriff’s jury
sheriff’s jury 郡长陪审团 旧时由郡长挑选和召集的陪审团，负责多种事项的调查工作，如在被告未作答辩的诉讼中确定损害赔偿的数额，查明被主张患有精神病者的精神状况，调查依判决执行令被扣押的财产的所有权并作出裁断等。
nominating and reducing
nominating and reducing. Hist. A method used, esp. in London, to obtain special jurors from which to select a jury panel. • Under this method, a number representing each person on a sheriff’s list is drawn from a box until 48 unchallenged people have been nominated. Each party then strikes 12 people and the remaining
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fama publica
fama publica (fay-m[schwa] p[schwa]b-li-k[schwa]). [Latin “public repute”] Hist. A person’s reputation in the community. • A person’s fama publica could be used against him or her in a criminal proceeding. Cf. ILL FAME . “Now in the thirteenth century we find in the sheriff’s turn a procedure by way of double presentment, and we may