challenge

Challenge has two major definitions in the legal context:

  1. In general, any expressed doubt about the qualification of a person for some task, or about the legality of an action or thing.
  2. With respect to juries , a party's request to dismiss a potential juror - or even an entire jury panel that has been assembled thus far.

See Challenge for cause , Challenge to the array , and Peremptory challenge .

[Last reviewed in July of 2022 by the Wex Definitions Team ]

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