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urn: urn:us-la:rs:38:374
citation: "R.S. 38:374"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 38 › Chapter 4 › Part V"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 1985, number: 785, section: 1, effective_date: 1985-07-22, role: enactment }
---

# Swearing of jurors; selection of foreman

When the jury has been accepted by all parties, the jurors shall be sworn to try the case in a just and impartial manner to the best of their judgment and to render a verdict according to the law and the evidence. When the jury has retired, the jurors shall select a foreman to preside over them and sign the verdict which they may render.