Jury

  • 31JURY — n. m. T. de Jurisprudence criminelle Réunion de citoyens n’appartenant pas à la magistrature et appelés par tirage au sort à participer à un jugement en Cour d’assises. Il se dit aussi de Tous les jurés désignés pour une session, ou seulement des …

    Dictionnaire de l'Academie Francaise, 8eme edition (1935)

  • 32jury — 01. The [jury] returned a verdict of not guilty. 02. For this trial, the [jury] is composed of seven men and five women. 03. The [jury] met for 10 hours before reaching a verdict. 04. The [jury] convicted him of all the charges. 05. The lawyer… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 33Jury — Gutachtergremium; Preisrichter; Preisgericht * * * Ju|ry [ʒy ri:], die; , s: Gruppe von Personen, die die Aufgabe hat, aus einer Anzahl von Personen oder Sachen die besten auszuwählen: die Jury bestand aus sieben Fachfrauen und Fachmännern; der… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 34jury — [[t]ʤʊ͟əri[/t]] ♦♦♦ juries 1) N COUNT COLL: also by N 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.… …

    English dictionary

  • 35jury — A body of laymen selected by lot, or by some other fair and impartial means, to ascertain, under the guidance of a judge, the truth in questions of fact arising in either a civil or criminal proceeding. 31 Am J Rev ed Jur § 2. A body of 12 jurors …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 36jury — ju|ry [ˈdʒuəri US ˈdʒuri] n plural juries [Date: 1300 1400; : Anglo French; Origin: juree, from Old French jurer to swear , from Latin jus; JUST2] 1.) a group of 12 ordinary people who listen to the details of a case in court and decide whether… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 37jury */*/ — UK [ˈdʒʊərɪ] / US [ˈdʒʊrɪ] noun [countable] Word forms jury : singular jury plural juries a) a group of people, usually 12, who judge a court case. Members of a jury are ordinary members of the public: can be followed by a singular or plural verb …

    English dictionary

  • 38Jury — Pour les articles homonymes, voir Jury (homonymie). Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Jury », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Un jury est un ensemble de citoyens, appelés des jurés, chargés de rendre un verdict dans …

    Wikipédia en Français

  • 39jury — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. trial, grand, or petit jury; panel; board of judges. See lawsuit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. tribunal, judges, peers, panel, board, grand jury, petit jury, coroner s jury. III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus)… …

    English dictionary for students

  • 40jury — ju|ry [ dʒuri ] noun count ** a group of people, usually 12, who judge a court case. Members of a jury are ordinary members of the public: The jury found him guilty of murdering three people. The jury returned its verdict after five hours… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English