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Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In law, a jury of which one half are aliens, allowed to an alien who is tried on a criminal charge. Such juries have been abolished in England, but are still allowed in some of the United States.
GNU Webster's 1913
- n. (O. Law) A jury, for the trial of a foreigner, composed equally of citizens and aliens.
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