Hereditary Peers inherit their title and consists of five ranks: Duke, Marquess, Earl, Viscount and Baron. Peerages may become extinct or fall into abeyance, but so long as there is an heir the title will continue.
Jury Of One's Peers
It refers to the right of the criminal defendant to have the jury comprised of broad category of people from any race and from different regions and origins to any gender.
jury of one's peers
n. a guaranteed right of criminal defendants, in which "peer" means an "equal.
Expanded Legal Definition of PedophilePeer-to-Peer File Sharing The downloading of a computer file to a user's computer, using software, which then allows the user to make the file available to other users, other "peers".
except by lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land". Click here to see the full text of the Magna Carta. Maintenance : Refers to the obligation of one person to contribute, in part or in whole, to the cost of living of another person.
The privilege was extended to peers, even if they could not read, in 1547, and to women, partially in 1622 and fully in 1692.
If anyone has been disseised or deprived by us without lawful judgment of his peers, from lands, castles, liberties, or his right, we will forthwith restore him; and if a dispute arise about this, judgment shall then be made by twenty-five barons, ...
House of Lords: This section of Parliament is made up of peers, senior bishops and senior judges.
PARES. A man's equals; his peers. (q. v.) 3 Bl. Com. 349.
PARES CURIE, feudal law, Those vassals who were bound to attend the lord's court were so called. Ersk. Inst. B. 2, tit. 3, s. 17.
Empanelled - Selection of citizens by judicial officers to complete a jury of peers. When voir dire is finished and both sides have used the challenges, the jury is complete or empanelled. The juries are then sworn.
The philosophy behind the jury system is that-especially in a criminal case-an accused's guilt or innocence should be judged by a group of people from her community ("a jury of her peers").
blue ribbon jury
n. a jury selected from prominent, well-educated citizens, sometimes to investigate a particular problem such as civic corruption. Use of blue ribbon juries in criminal cases violates the right to have a jury of one's peers.
LRE: Stands for "least restrictive environment." This means that, whenever possible, special education students must be placed in regular classrooms with their mainstream, nondisabled peers while still having their special educational needs met.
Held to be the precursor of habeas corpus as Article 39 of the Magna Carta held that no man shall be "imprisoned, exiled or destroyed ... except by lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land". qq
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Specialists in a technical field are called a "blue-blue ribbon jury." Blue ribbon juries are not allowed in criminal cases, because doing so would violate a defendant's right to be tried by a jury of his peers.
It is held to be the precursor of habeas corpus, among other things, for Article 39 of the Magna Carta held that no man shall be "imprisoned, exiled or destroyed ... except by lawful judgment of his peers or by the law of the land".
the reading test was abolished and all persons were allowed to claim this privilege for the first conviction of felony; later the privilege was extended generally to peers and women.
 See also: Law, Person, Right, Criminal, Court
  
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