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==Pleadings== | ==Pleadings== | ||
Rules: 7,8,9,10,15 | Rules: 7,8,9,10,15 | ||
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==The Right to Trial by Jury== | ==The Right to Trial by Jury== | ||
7th amendment, Rule 38 | |||
7th amendment: In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved (means that if you would have gotten a jury in 1791 you get it now), and no fact tried by jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States (means Federal Court), than according to the common law. | 7th amendment: In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved (means that if you would have gotten a jury in 1791 you get it now), and no fact tried by jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States (means Federal Court), than according to the common law. | ||
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===Jury Selection=== | ===Jury Selection=== | ||
Jury selection process is | Jury selection process is Voire Dire. The attorneys may challenge juror for cause or on peremptory challenge. | ||
===Jury Instructions=== | ===Jury Instructions=== |