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strike definition - legal

n

  1. An organized stoppage of labor by employees in order to compel the employer to meet their demands.
  2. The dismissal of a prospective juror from the panel, whether for cause or peremptorily.
  3. A negative mark on oneÂ’s record (as in, three strikes and youÂ’re out).

Webster's New World Law Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Hoboken, New Jersey.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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