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Categories: Criminal Law

Definition (1910 Edition)

125, 51 N. E. 664, 64 L. R. A. 366.~Traverse jury. A petit jury; a trial jury; a jury impaneled to try an action or rosecution, as distinguished from a grand ury. Traverse of indictment or presentment. The taking issue upon and contradicting or denying some chief point of it. Jacob. —Traverse of office. The proving that an inquisition made of lands or goods by the escheator is defective and untruly made. Tomlins. It is the challenging, by a subject, of an inquest of office, as being defective and untruly made. ag Mi Whitley.—Traverse upon a traverse. growing out of the same point
Source: Black's Law Dictionary, 2nd Edition (1910) — Public Domain. UK commentary and modern updates are original additions. This entry is for educational reference only and does not constitute legal advice.