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Jury Questionnaire
A jury questionnaire is a form that potential jurors fill out prior to voir dire (; often ; from an Anglo-Norman phrase meaning "to speak the truth") is a legal phrase for a variety of procedures connected with jury trials. It originally referred to an oath taken by jurors to tell the truth ( la, verum dicere). This term is .... Many jurisdictions "qualify" jurors by selecting only those who receive, complete, and return jury questionnaires. Some studies have found that large percentages of jury questionnaires are returned as undeliverable or are not returned by the recipients. Supplemental juror questionnaires are used in virtually all high-profile cases. Research has found that potential jurors are more willing to disclose bias in juror questionniares than in oral voir dire. References Juries {{law-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juror
A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence and render an impartial verdict (a finding of fact on a question) officially submitted to them by a court, or to set a penalty or judgment. Juries developed in England during the Middle Ages and are a hallmark of the English common law system. As such, they are used by the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, Ireland, Australia, and other countries whose legal systems were derived from the British Empire. But most other countries use variations of the European civil law or Islamic sharia law systems, in which juries are not generally used. Most trial juries are "petit juries", and usually consist of twelve people. Historically, a larger jury known as a grand jury was used to investigate potential crimes and render indictments against suspects. All common law countries except the United States and Liberia have phased these out. The modern criminal court jury arrangement has evolved out of the medieval j ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Voir Dire
(; often ; from an Anglo-Norman phrase meaning "to speak the truth") is a legal phrase for a variety of procedures connected with jury trials. It originally referred to an oath taken by jurors to tell the truth ( la, verum dicere). This term is also used informally to describe the practice of jury selection in certain jurisdictions. Etymology According to the ''American Heritage Dictionary'', it comes from the Anglo-Norman language. The word (or ), in this combination, comes from Old French and derives from Latin , "hat which istrue". It is related to the modern French word , which in a deprecated use can mean "indeed", but not to the more common word , "to see", which derives from Latin . William Blackstone referred to it as , which was translated by John Winter Jones as "To speak the truth". However, the expression is now often interpreted by false etymology to mean "to see hemsay". The term is used (as ) in modern Canadian legal French. Historic use In earlier centur ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
