v. nonce-wd. [A phrase used as a vb.] trans. To try by, or as by, a judge and jury; to try and pass sentence upon.
1874. T. Hardy, Far fr. Madding Crowd, xli. Now that ’tis put to me to judge-and-jury like, I can’t call to mind.
1879. Browning, Ned Bratts, 249. There wants no earthly judge-and-jurying: here we stand—Sentence our guilty selves.
1887. Hall Caine, Deemster, xxxiv. 224. We’re going to judge and jury you, but all fair and square.
