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What (who) is jury duty - definition
SERVICE AS A JUROR IN A LEGAL PROCEEDING
Jury service; Jury Duty; Court duty; Court Leave; Jury scam
jury
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SWORN BODY OF PEOPLE CONVENED TO RENDER A VERDICT OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED TO THEM BY A COURT, OR TO SET A PENALTY OR JUDGMENT
Juror; Juries; Jurors; Jury of one's peers; Blue ribbon jury; Blue-Ribbon Jury; Jury panel; Jury of peers; Traverse jury; Jury box; Alternate juror; Blue ribbon juries; Jury foreman; Jury forewoman; Jury foreperson
(juries)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
In a court of law, the jury is the group of people who have been chosen from the general public to listen to the facts about a crime and to decide whether the person accused is guilty or not.
The jury convicted Mr Hampson of all offences.
...the tradition of trial by jury.
N-COUNT-COLL: also by N
2.
A jury is a group of people who choose the winner of a competition.
I am not surprised that the Booker Prize jury included it on their shortlist.
= panel
N-COUNT-COLL
3.
If you say that the jury is out or that the jury is still out on a particular subject, you mean that people in general have still not made a decision or formed an opinion about that subject.
The jury is out on whether or not this is true...
PHRASE: oft PHR on wh/n
traverse jury
SWORN BODY OF PEOPLE CONVENED TO RENDER A VERDICT OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED TO THEM BY A COURT, OR TO SET A PENALTY OR JUDGMENT
Juror; Juries; Jurors; Jury of one's peers; Blue ribbon jury; Blue-Ribbon Jury; Jury panel; Jury of peers; Traverse jury; Jury box; Alternate juror; Blue ribbon juries; Jury foreman; Jury forewoman; Jury foreperson
Petit jury.
juror
SWORN BODY OF PEOPLE CONVENED TO RENDER A VERDICT OFFICIALLY SUBMITTED TO THEM BY A COURT, OR TO SET A PENALTY OR JUDGMENT
Juror; Juries; Jurors; Jury of one's peers; Blue ribbon jury; Blue-Ribbon Jury; Jury panel; Jury of peers; Traverse jury; Jury box; Alternate juror; Blue ribbon juries; Jury foreman; Jury forewoman; Jury foreperson
n.
Juryman.
Wikipedia
Jury duty
Jury duty or jury service is service as a juror in a legal proceeding.
Examples of use of jury duty
1. About 1,500 people were summoned to jury duty last month for the case.
2. Someday, but not Monday, when he was summoned for jury duty.
3. "They take fulfilling your complete jury duty very seriously," said Harvey, 51.
4. Those who choose jury duty as an excuse to miss work enter their county courthouse information on the form.
5. Don McTigue, a lawyer representing Kilroy, said she was on jury duty and unavailable by telephone Monday.