Many of them involved pre-trial maneuvering such as asking for additional "preemptory" challenges to potential jurors. From Wordnik.com. [kare11.com - Top Stories News] Reference
Shalman, the preemptory determinations are all yours. From Wordnik.com. [Trees rejoice « BuzzMachine] Reference
"Don't say a word," interrupted Dave with a preemptory wave of his hand. From Wordnik.com. [Dave Dashaway and His Hydroplane] Reference
Didn't they have the preemptory questions and all that stuff they could do?. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jan 31, 2006] Reference
The defense has used six and the prosecution five of their 10 preemptory challenges. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 22, 2005] Reference
Were they already supplying them with chemical agents or was it just a preemptory. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Albright And Berger] Reference
The adults that surrounded them were preemptory and abrupt and sometimes contemptuous. From Wordnik.com. ["I don't consider it to be my fault. She did not want help."] Reference
MR. MCCURRY: I think that's a little preemptory to say that these talks have collapsed. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
His tone of voice made it clear that any such statement would be taken as grounds for a preemptory strike. From Wordnik.com. [Phule me twice]
Out of the ten available preemptory challenges, the prosecutor exercised only two -- against two black women. From Wordnik.com. [Robin Sax: A Prosecutor's View: OJ is Banking on the Race Card, Again!] Reference
She argued that we were still at the stage where we both felt as though our preemptory challenges were infinite. From Wordnik.com. [Cold Case]
Those not struck based on a challenge for cause of a preemptory challenge sits on the panel that hears the case. From Wordnik.com. [The Volokh Conspiracy » Does a Military Court-Martial of Fewer than Six Persons Violate Due Process?] Reference
ROTH: Japan upped the stakes by raising the possibility of a preemptory strike against North Korean missile sites. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Jul 10, 2006] Reference
Ryba motioned to Istril, who had edged down the rocks, and who hurried up in response to Ryba's preemptory gesture. From Wordnik.com. [Fall of Angels]
And the President has not wanted in a preemptory way to say that no idea can be brought to the table for discussion. From Wordnik.com. [Press Briefing By Mike Mccurry] Reference
Anya's voice was cool, preemptory, and she turned with the last of her words and walked back toward the white silk tent. From Wordnik.com. [Colors of Chaos]
DORNIN: Both sides have twenty preemptory challenges; that's when either side can have a perspective juror ejected without stating why. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 11, 2004] Reference
After Iraq, a hit on Iran would confirm to the Middle East Street a disturbing picture of American preemptory wars against Islamic nations. From Wordnik.com. [Learning lessons from Iraq] Reference
So he now needs to bring in more people to bring up the number so that the lawyers can exercise their preemptory challenges and get a real jury. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript May 14, 2004] Reference
A policy that many see as much more unilateral, much more pro-active, much more preemptory to try to address the threat of terror, the war on terror. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Oct 17, 2004] Reference
Her voting record on this war is lacking in political courage altoghether despite the preemptory claims she gives in her speech before casting her cowardly votes. From Wordnik.com. [Poll: New Hampshire Residents Give Debate Overwhelmingly To Hillary] Reference
Rick Perry issued a preemptory disaster proclamation Monday. From Wordnik.com. [KFDM.com Breaking News : News] Reference
The good professor concludes with this preemptory and appealing justification. From Wordnik.com. [The Morning News] Reference
To prepare for preemptory revelers possibly taking to the streets Monday night, Seattle. From Wordnik.com. [Crosscut] Reference
Both sides get an equal number of preemptory challenges that don't have to be explained. From Wordnik.com. [Vindy.com stories: Vindy.com Newswatch - Breaking News from around Youngstown, Warren, Columbiana Ohio] Reference
The developer has reached a preemptory settlement with concerned parties and government environmental agencies. From Wordnik.com. [ScienceBlogs Channel : Life Science] Reference
Thus Long asserted that he would share our wealth, as if the state has a preemptory claim on everyone's earnings. From Wordnik.com. [Latest Articles] Reference
One of the major tools of the landscaper and landscape maintenance experts is the preemptory practice of "tree banding". From Wordnik.com. Reference
Screwing her courage firmly down, she inquired in a preemptory fashion, "Who are you?. From Wordnik.com. [Darkness of the Light] Reference
He could be preemptory. From Wordnik.com. [The Forgotten Memoir of John Knox: A Year in the Life of a Supreme Court Clerk in FDR�s Washington] Reference
preemptory no longer means preemptory. From Wordnik.com. [Why did the prosecutor strike the only black person from the jury? Because she was so fat.] Reference
I especially liked Krugman's preemptory. From Wordnik.com. [Krugman Comes Out, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference
"How demanding, how preemptory, and arrogant, and suspicious, you were, " he mused. From Wordnik.com. [Mercenaries Of Gor]
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