to challenge the array

Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Array \Ar*ray"\, n. [OE. arai, arrai, OF. arrai, arrei, arroi, order, arrangement, dress, F. arroi; a (L. ad) + OF. rai, rei, roi, order, arrangement, fr. G. or Scand.; cf. Goth. raidjan, garaidjan, to arrange, MHG. gereiten, Icel. rei[eth]i rigging, harness; akin to E. ready. Cf. Ready, Greith, Curry.]

1.Order; a regular and imposing arrangement; disposition in regular lines; hence, order of battle; as, drawn up in battle array. [1913 Webster]

Wedged together in the closest array.— Gibbon.[1913 Webster]

2.The whole body of persons thus placed in order; an orderly collection; hence, a body of soldiers. [1913 Webster]

A gallant array of nobles and cavaliers.— Prescott.[1913 Webster]

3.An imposing series of things. [1913 Webster]

Their long array of sapphire and of gold.— Byron.[1913 Webster]

4.Dress; garments disposed in order upon the person; rich or beautiful apparel. --Dryden. [1913 Webster]

5.(Law) (a) A ranking or setting forth in order, by the proper officer, of a jury as impaneled in a cause. (b) The panel itself. (c) The whole body of jurors summoned to attend the court. [1913 Webster]

To challenge the array (Law), to except to the whole panel. --Cowell. --Tomlins. --Blount.

Commission of array (Eng. Hist.), a commission given by the prince to officers in every county, to muster and array the inhabitants, or see them in a condition for war. --Blackstone. [1913 Webster]