jury pool
Courtroom selection candidates
A jury pool is the group of potential jurors summoned to a courthouse, from which actual juries are selected.
Also called a venire.
Attorneys question members of the pool during voir dire to identify bias before choosing who will serve: The jury pool for this trial includes two hundred county residents.
Summoned potential jurors
- voir direPretrial juror examination
- summonsFormal court notification
- screeningEvaluative selection process
- qualificationRequired skill or condition
exemption · prospective · eligible · random · panel · array · peers · impanelment
One who acts for another
- cross-sectionView through interior
- diverseOf many types
- demographicStatistical population category
- socioeconomicRelating to income and status
random · community · peers · registered voters · driver's license · census · venue · county
Freedom from prejudice
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
- fair trialImpartial judicial proceeding
- peersThose of equal status
- representativenessQuality of being typical
prejudice · bias · discrimination · exclusion · equal protection · due process · conscience · open-minded
Obligation owed to community
- dutyRequired moral task
- serviceAid or maintenance
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
- courtroomJudicial proceedings chamber
citizens · appearance · compensation · employer · attendance · oath · instructions · sequestration
venire
Summoned potential jurors
- voir direPretrial juror examination
- summonsFormal court notification
- screeningEvaluative selection process
qualification · exemption · prospective · eligible · random · panel · array · peers · impanelment · hardship
representative
One who acts for another
- cross-sectionView through interior
- diverseOf many types
- demographicStatistical population category
socioeconomic · random · community · peers · registered voters · driver's license · census · venue · county · district
impartiality
Freedom from prejudice
- unbiasedFree from prejudice
- fair trialImpartial judicial proceeding
- peersThose of equal status
representativeness · prejudice · bias · discrimination · exclusion · equal protection · due process · conscience · open-minded · neutral
civic duty
Obligation owed to community
- dutyRequired moral task
- serviceAid or maintenance
- courthouseLegal proceedings venue
courtroom · citizens · appearance · compensation · employer · attendance · oath · instructions · sequestration · bailiff
- jury trialvoir dire, venire, empanelment, impanelment, impaneling
- courtsfamily court, civil court, district court, criminal court, circuit court
- juries