jury : Idioms & Phrases

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blue ribbon jury

  • noun a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues
    blue ribbon jury.
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Grand jury

  • noun a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments
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  • (Law), a jury of not less than twelve men, and not more than twenty-three, whose duty it is, in private session, to examine into accusations against persons charged with crime, and if they see just cause, then to find bills of indictment against them, to be presented to the court; called also grand inquest.
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hung jury

  • noun a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial)
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jury box

  • noun an enclosure within a courtroom for the jury
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jury duty

  • noun the civic duty to serve on a jury
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Jury mast

  • noun a temporary mast to replace one that has broken off
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  • a temporary mast, in place of one that has been carried away, or broken.
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Jury of inquest

  • a coroner's jury. See Inquest.
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Jury rudder

  • a rudder constructed for temporary use.
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jury system

  • noun a legal system for determining the facts at issue in a law suit
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jury-rigged

  • adjective satellite done or made using whatever is available
    improvised; makeshift.
    • crossed the river on improvised bridges
    • the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear
    • the rock served as a makeshift hammer
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Ju"ry-rigged` adjective
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  1. (Naut.) Rigged for temporary service. See Jury, a.
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Party jury

  • (Law), a jury composed of different parties, as one which is half natives and half foreigners.
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Petit jury

  • noun a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings
    petit jury.
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  • a jury of twelve men, impaneled to try causes at the bar of a court; so called in distinction from the grand jury.
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petty jury

  • noun a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings
    petit jury.
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Police jury

  • a body of officers who collectively exercise jurisdiction in certain cases of police, as levying taxes, etc.; so called in Louisiana. Bouvier.
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right to speedy and public trial by jury

  • noun a civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US Constitution
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Special jury

  • noun a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues
    blue ribbon jury.
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  • (Law), a jury consisting of persons of some particular calling, station, or qualification, which is called upon motion of either party when the cause is supposed to require it; a struck jury.
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Struck jury

  • (Law), a special jury, composed of persons having special knowledge or qualifications, selected by striking from the panel of jurors a certain number for each party, leaving the number required by law to try the cause.
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To poll a jury

  • to call upon each member of the jury to answer individually as to his concurrence in a verdict which has been rendered.
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To strike a jury

  • (Law), to constitute a special jury ordered by a court, by each party striking out a certain number of names from a prepared list of jurors, so as to reduce it to the number of persons required by law. Burrill.
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Traverse jury

  • (Law), a jury that tries cases; a petit jury.
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