peremptory

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Plenty of agency officials were already put off by the DOGErs, who often issued peremptory orders to meet with them and answer questions.

From Salon • Sep. 9, 2025

Nonetheless, attorneys continued to eliminate both genders from juries using peremptory strikes until a 1994 U.S.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2025

“If you’re going to strike everybody who’s either a Republican or a Democrat,” the judge observed at a February hearing, “you’re going to run out of peremptory challenges very quickly.”

From Seattle Times • Apr. 14, 2024

Each side has 10 "peremptory" challenges, jurors they can dismiss for no particular reason, said Ms Florence.

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2024

Ben would catch snatches of his mother’s lamentations to the movers and smile every time he heard them answer in a peremptory “Yas’m.”

From "The Great Santini" by Pat Conroy