extended family

1. a family unit consisting of parents and children living in one household with other individuals united by kinship (e.g., grandparents, cousins).

2. in modern Western societies, the nuclear family together with various other relatives who live nearby and keep in regular touch.

3. most generally, any family members beyond the nuclear family (e.g., grandparents, cousins, aunts, uncles). Also called consanguineous family.

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December 21st 2024

voir dire

the process of questioning prospective jurors to determine if they hold biases that may reasonably interfere with their ability to act impartially in a particular trial (from Norman French, literally: “to speak the truth”). The questions may be asked in private or in open court and may be posed by the attorneys, the judge, or both. Jurors may be asked to stand down by a challenge for cause or a peremptory challenge.