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Re:A jury of your ____?
Black's sixth,
Peers. In feudal law, the vassals of a lord who sat in his court as judges of their co-vassals, and were called "peers", as being each others equals, or of the same condition.& The nobility of Great Britain, being the lords temporal having seats in parliament, and including dukes, marquises, earls, viscounts, and barons.
Equals; those who are a man's equals in rank and station; thus "trial by a jury of his peers" means trial by jury of citizens. For Judgment of his peers, see Judgment
It is interesting to me that the word being defined is used within the definition. In puBlix sKool I was told that that was not allowed. Go figure??
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