Re:Apply HN: Jury Board – helping attorneys win cases throug...
by pjlegato on Thursday April 07, 2016 @09:24PM
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The "peers" part of "a jury of one's peers" is widely misunderstood.
It is a remnant of the medieval legal distinction between nobles and commoners. It simply means that nobles can only be tried by a jury of other nobles, and commoners can only be tried by a jury of other commoners.
It is a remnant of the medieval legal distinction between nobles and commoners. It simply means that nobles can only be tried by a jury of other nobles, and commoners can only be tried by a jury of other commoners.