TITLE 2

JURIES AND JURORS

CHAPTER 1

JURIES — KINDS AND DEFINITIONS

2-104.  Trial jury defined — Verdict in civil actions. A trial jury is a body of men or women, or both, returned from the citizens of a particular county before a court or officer of competent jurisdiction and sworn to try and determine by a verdict a question of fact. Three-fourths (3/4) of the jury may render a verdict in a civil action, and such verdict shall have the same effect as a unanimous verdict.

History:

[(2-104) C.C.P. 1881, sec. 76; R.S., sec. 3938; am. 1890-1891, p. 165, sec. 1; reen. 1899, p. 110, sec. 1; reen. R.C. & C.L., sec. 3938; C.S., sec. 6515; I.C.A., sec. 2-104; am. 1943, ch. 158, sec. 2, p. 320; am. 2000, ch. 70, sec. 2, p. 153.]