Preemptory

Many of them involved pre-trial maneuvering such as asking for additional "preemptory" challenges to potential jurors. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The military council has selectively consulted, but failed to include, leaders of the rebellion in its administration; it communicates mainly through preemptory communiques. ❋ Unknown (2011)

If it turns out that the preemptory killing of terrorists happens very often, then we will want to find out if “fast, decisive action” has turned into a policy that should be subject to review, so be it. ❋ Unknown (2010)

First, only courts within the Eighth Circuit are bound by Brady, and it is a virtual certainty that any antitrust suit brought by the NBA players would not be filed in a court within the Eighth Circuit the NBA filed its preemptory legal action in NY, and the players would likely file their suit in an employee-friendly jurisdiction like California. ❋ Gabriel A. Feldman (2011)

The preemptory challenges did not have to be justified or explained. ❋ Robert K. Tanenbaum (2010)

That way, Karp would have to use his last preemptory challenge to knock him off the panel. ❋ Robert K. Tanenbaum (2010)

Karp had used twenty-nine of his preemptory challenges and had only one left. ❋ Robert K. Tanenbaum (2010)

The question Libertarians must ask themselves before their moment in the limelight passes again is this: will you accede to a preemptory move by the GOP to put you in their estimation of your proper place, subservient to the modern equivalent of the East India Tea Company? ❋ Unknown (2010)

Ronnie comes bounding up the long, pepper-tree-lined driveway, having just put the latest passers-by in their place with a preemptory bark, and gives me a standing double high five against my crotch, making me spill half my tea. ❋ Rick Springfield (2010)

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. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Out of the ten available preemptory challenges, the prosecutor exercised only two -- against two black women. ❋ Unknown (2009)

One of my colleagues at the DA's office thought he hit the jackpot when the defense ran out of preemptory challenges and a federal prosecutor fell into the jury. ❋ Unknown (2007)