In prac-tice. The withdrawing of one of the twelve jurors from the box, with the result that, the jury heing now found to be incomplete, no further proceedings can he had in the cause. The withdrawing of a juror is always by the agreement of the parties, and is frequently done at the recommendation of the judge, where it is doubtful whether the action will lie; and in such case the consequence is that each party pays his own costs. It is, how-ever, no bar to a future action for the same cause. 2 Tidd, Pr. 861, 862; 1 Archb. Pr
Source: Black's Law Dictionary 2nd Ed (1910)