POLICE JURY. In Louisiana this name is given. to certain officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police as levying taxes, regulating roads,

A Law Dictionary, Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the United States. By John Bouvier. Published 1856.

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Initially, the police jury (a local term for county council) voted 8-1 in committee to display the Commandments in all courtrooms, despite legal counsel advising against it.

Louisiana officials reject Commandments display

In February, the Police Jury of Calcasieu Parish voted to approve this rezoning.

Revisiting Palermo: the Twentieth Anniversary of Louisiana's landmark land use rights and zoning decision and its legacy for planning in Louisiana

We soon moved back north to the parish of my birth, and I even ran for the Police Jury six years later, surprising myself and absolutely everyone by winning.

The leader of the band

against the parish police jury, (221) the State Department of

Conflicting results: the debate in Louisiana courts over the proper method of appellate review for the inconsistent verdicts of bifurcated trials

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