peremptory challenge
- A right a party in a lawsuit has to reject a prospective juror without stating a reason, limited to a certain number of rejections
- The defense lawyer exercised a peremptory challenge and dismissed a potential juror.
- Each side used their peremptory challenge to reject jurors they felt weren't in their favor.
- After the peremptory challenge, a new juror was selected due to the objection to the previous candidate.
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