Challenge to the array. An exception to the whole panel in which the jury are arrayed or set in order by the sheriff in his return. 3 Bl. Com. 359. Challenge to the polls. An exception to particular jurors. Challenge for cause.
challenge to the array - Questioning the qualifications of an entire jury panel, usually on the grounds of partiality or some fault in the process of summoning the panel.
chambers - A judge's private office in the courthouse.
Challenge to the Array - To question the qualifications of an entire panel summoned for jury duty, usually because of alleged partiality or some deficiency in the manner by which the panel was selected and summoned.
Challenge to the array
Definition
: a challenge of an entire jury that raises objections to the selection process
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A challenge to the array is made on account of some defect in making the return to the venire, and is at once an objection to all the jurors in the panel.
As to the mode of making the challenge, the rule is, that a challenge to the array must be in writing; but when it is only to a single individual, the words " I challenge him " are sufficient in a civil case, or on the part of the defendant, ...
 See also: Challenge, Lawyer, Practice, Process, Person
  
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