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Legal Definitions - propter affectum
If the law is on your side, pound the law. If the facts are on your side, pound the facts. If neither the law nor the facts are on your side, pound the table.
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Definition of propter affectum
Definition: Propter affectum is a type of challenge in which a potential juror is deemed incompetent to serve in a particular case due to some circumstance, such as kinship with a party.
Example: In a trial involving a family dispute, a potential juror who is related to one of the parties may be challenged propter affectum by the opposing side.
Explanation: This example illustrates how propter affectum is used to challenge a potential juror's competency to serve in a particular case due to a personal relationship with one of the parties. The challenge is based on the belief that the juror's relationship may influence their ability to be impartial.
Law school: Where you spend three years learning to think like a lawyer, then a lifetime trying to think like a human again.
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Simple Definition
Term: PROPTER AFFECTUM
Definition: Propter affectum is a type of challenge in a legal case where a potential juror is disqualified because of a circumstance, such as being related to a party, that makes them unable to serve in that particular case. Challenges can also be made for other reasons, such as bias or incompetence. Peremptory challenges are a limited number of challenges that do not need to be supported by a reason, but if discrimination is charged, the party making the challenge must give a nondiscriminatory reason for striking the juror.
A 'reasonable person' is a legal fiction I'm pretty sure I've never met.
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