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Definition of Juryless
1. being without a jury [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Juryless
Literary usage of Juryless
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Macmillan's Magazine by David Masson, George Grove, John Morley, Mowbray Morris (1862)
"... for, if a man is not to be imprisoned without a trial by his peers, Magna
Charta is lost in our imprisonments from the juryless courts of magistracy. ..."
2. Battle for Ulster: A Study of Internal Security by Tom F. Baldy (1997)
"... included not only juryless trials but also restrictions on bail, wider powers
for arrest and detention, and expanded authority to search and seize. ..."
3. Benthamiana, Or, Select Extracts from the Works of Jeremy Bentham: With an by Jeremy Bentham, John Hill Burton (1844)
"... testified, by some of them, as often as, by a wicked and juryless Court of
Conscience act, the possibility of obtaining justice in certain cases, ..."
4. To Serve Without Favor: Policing, Human Rights, and Accountability in by Julia Hall (1997)
"The juryless Diplock courts, established to try political violence cases, have
caused a loss of confidence in the justice system and should be abolished ..."
5. Handbook of the American Academy of Political and Social Science by American Academy of Political and Social Science (1896)
"... statutes have been passed and even juryless courts created as part of national
sovereignty, and not part of our municipal constitutional jurisdiction. ..."
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