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Challenge to the Polls (A)

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An objection or protest to certain persons selected for a jury. If a man is not qualified to serve, or if he is supposed to be biassed, he may be challenged. In capital cases a prisoner may challenge persons without assigning any reason, and in cases of treason as many as thirty-five. (22 Henry VIII., c. 14; 7, 8 George IV., c. 28, s. 3.)

 

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Entry taken from Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, edited by the Rev. E. Cobham Brewer, LL.D. and revised in 1895.

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Chair
Chair-days
Chair of St. Peter (The)
Chalcedony [kalcedony]
Chaldee’s (Kal-dees)
Chalk
Chalk and Cheese
Chalks
Challenge to the Array (A)
Challenge to the Polls (A)
Challenging a Jury
Cham (kam)
Chambre Ardente (French)
Chameleon
Champ de Manœuvre (Le)
Champs de Mai
Champs de Mars
Champak
Champerty
Champion and Severall