peremptory challenge

collocation in English

meaningsofperemptoryandchallenge

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peremptory
adjective
uk
/pəˈremp.tər.i/us
/pəˈremp.tɚ.i/
expecting to be obeyed immediately and without ...
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challenge
noun
uk
/ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒ/us
/ˈtʃæl.ɪndʒ/
(the situation of being faced with) something that needs great mental or physical effort in order to be done successfully and therefore tests a ...
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(Definition ofperemptoryandchallengefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I am one of those who think that what is called "peremptorychallenge" ought, within reasonable limits, to be preserved.
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Let him have aperemptorychallengeand object.
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We believe that the abolition ofperemptorychallengeis now long overdue and will serve to strengthen public confidence in juries.
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First, it abolishes theperemptorychallengeof jurors by the defence.
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Prosecution stand by andperemptorychallengeare not identical, any more than are the roles of the prosecution and the defence.
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I do not believe that any useful purpose will be served by taking away the last remnants ofperemptorychallenge.
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If there was any way round that difficulty one would of course support it, but it is not solved byperemptorychallenge.
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Statistically it is curious that where there was noperemptorychallengethere was certainly no better result than in cases where there was a challenge.
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As has already been mentioned in a preliminary debate, the right ofperemptorychallengeis very ancient.
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But, as law and practice changed, the need for the protection afforded by the right ofperemptorychallengediminished.
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I am not disputing that there may be a case for limiting the right forperemptorychallenge, particularly in multi-defendant cases.
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There is a logical case for taking the jury as one finds it but there is no logical case forperemptorychallenge.
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The first is the abolition of the right ofperemptorychallenge.
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Please, let us not throw out the whole idea of theperemptorychallenge.
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That kind of development has not happened in this country because the judges have been well aware of the right ofperemptorychallenge.
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That is the basis for theperemptorychallengehaving been permitted.
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The right toperemptorychallengeby a defendant of members of the jury has existed for many hundreds of years.
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I question the right toperemptorychallengewithout cause rather than the right to challenge with cause.
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We are told that there is great concern about the use of the right toperemptorychallenge.
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I have heard the most appalling nonsense this evening about how aperemptorychallengecan tailor a jury.
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