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Challenge to the array
Definition:
Questioning the qualifications of an entire jury panel, usually on the grounds of partiality or some fault in the process of summoning the panel.
Battered child syndrome (B.C.S.)
Definition:
Physical condition of a child indicating that external or internal injuries result from acts committed by a parent or custodian. Also termed Parent Infant Trauma Syndrome (P.I.T.S.).
Not guilty by reason of insanity
Definition:
The jury or the judge must determine that the defendant, because of mental disease or defect, could not form the intent required to commit the offense.
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