They can each object to 10 others more or less arbitrarily - the so-called peremptory strikes.

In capital cases, each side gets 20 peremptory strikes.

In other felony cases, the defendant gets 10 peremptory strikes and the government gets 6.

In misdemeanor cases, each side has 3 peremptory strikes.

They used peremptory strikes - ones not requiring a reason - to remove all five eligible potential jurors who were black.

The prosecution had used its peremptory strikes to remove 10 of 11 black potential jurors.

Ordinarily, lawyers can refuse a certain number of potential jurors by using peremptory "strikes," which do not have to be justified.

To be sure, petitioner, a man, used all but one of his peremptory strikes to remove women from the jury.

If not, Diana could choose to use one of her peremptory strikes.

"I get the impression that it is more a peremptory strike than a war."