JUROR, JURY
ADJECTIVES
► JURATORIAL belonging to a jury → 1865
NOUNS
► DAMNING a ‘company’ of jurors → 1486 obs.
► PANELLATION the empanelling of a jury → a1695
► SIZE a jury → c1470 Sc. obs.
NOUNS – PERSON
► ANCHOR a juror who has been bribed in order to influence fellow members to vote for an acquittal → Brit. sl.
► PACKER a person who shuffles or arranges cards in a fraudulent way; a person who packs juries, etc. → 1586
► QUESTRYMEN jurymen → c1690 obs.
► VENIRE MAN one summoned to serve on a jury under a writ of Venire facias, (a former judicial writ directed to a sheriff requiring him to summon a jury to try a cause or causes at issue between parties); a juryman → 1780 U.S.
► JURIER one who has taken an oath; a juror or juryman → 1486 obs.
VERBS
► GAMMON THE TWELVE to gain an acquittal in court; the implication is that the defendant has managed to fool the jurymen, to deceive the jury → L18 UK criminals’ sl.
► GAMMON THE TWELVE IN PRIME TWIG to gain an acquittal in court; the implication is that the defendant has managed to fool the jurymen; to deceive the jury → 1812 UK criminals’ sl.
► NOBBLE to induce to behave corruptly; to induce a jury to return a corrupt verdict → 1856 Brit. sl.
► WATER ► WATER THE JURY to ‘pack’ a jury with members who are likely to deliver a biased verdict; to secure corrupt jurors → 1792 Amer.
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