Simple English definitions for legal terms
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Array: A group of people who might be chosen to be on a jury. It can also mean the actual people who are chosen to be on the jury. It can also refer to a list of the people who are chosen to be on the jury. Array can also mean an order or arrangement of things, like putting things in order from oldest to youngest. It can also refer to a group of people who are organized for a specific purpose, like a militia. Lastly, array can refer to a series of numbers or a group of things that are arranged in a specific way.
Definition: A panel of potential jurors; the jurors actually empaneled; a list or roster of empaneled jurors; order; arrangement; a militia; a series of statistics or a group of elements.
These examples illustrate the different meanings of the word "array." In the first example, "array" refers to a panel of potential jurors. In the second example, it refers to the jurors actually selected for the trial. In the third example, it refers to the list of empaneled jurors. In the fourth example, it refers to the order or arrangement of books on a shelf. In the fifth example, it refers to a militia or group of soldiers. In the sixth example, it refers to a series of statistics or a group of elements in a mathematical equation.