peremptory
Example Sentences
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Prosecutors and defense lawyers will have a certain number of “peremptory” challenges in which they can block someone from being on the jury without stating a basis.
From New York Times
Attorneys on each side can make up to 20 peremptory dismissals of jurors — without stating a reason.
From Seattle Times
It was September 2021, and the Supreme Court had just issued a late-night peremptory order declining to hear a challenge to Texas’s restrictive new abortion ban.
From New York Times
But it’s in the deepening relationship between Hoder’s headstrong Mary and Levine’s peremptory Colin that the sap of life runs through “The Secret Garden.”
From Los Angeles Times
He denied a defense’s request to strike the man for cause, and the defense elected not use one of its limited number of peremptory challenges.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
