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Originally appearing in Volume V26, Page 80 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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UNITED STATES .-By See also:art. iii. s. 2 of the constitution, the trial of all crimes, except in cases of See also:impeachment, is to be by See also:jury. By art. v. of the amendments no See also:person can be held to See also:answer for a See also:capital or otherwise infamous See also:crime unless on a presentment or See also:indictment of a See also:grand jury. Considerable changes have been made by See also:state legislation in the direction of enlarging the See also:powers of courts of See also:summary See also:jurisdiction.

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