jury 音标拼音: [dʒ'ʊri]
n . 陪审团,评判委员会,陪审员
a . 应急的
陪审团,评判委员会,陪审员应急的
jury n 1 :
a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law 2 :
a committee appointed to judge a competition [
synonym : {
jury },
{
panel }]
Jury \
Ju "
ry \,
a . [
Etymol .
uncertain .] (
Naut .)
For temporary use ; --
applied to a temporary contrivance .
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{
Jury rudder },
a rudder constructed for temporary use .
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Jury \
Ju "
ry \,
n .;
pl . {
Juries }. [
OF .
jur ['
e ]
e an assize ,
fr .
jurer to swear ,
L .
jurare ,
jurari ;
akin to jus ,
juris ,
right ,
law .
See {
Just },
a .,
and cf . {
Jurat }, {
Abjure }.]
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1 . (
Law )
A body of people ,
selected according to law ,
impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact ,
and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced .
In criminal trials the number of such persons is usually twelve ,
but in civil cases and in grand juries it may different .
See {
Grand jury }
under {
Grand },
and {
Inquest }.
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The jury ,
passing on the prisoner '
s life . --
Shak .
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2 .
A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition ;
as ,
the art jury gave him the first prize .
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{
Jury of inquest },
a coroner '
s jury .
See {
Inquest }.
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JURY .
A body of men selected according to law ,
for the purpose of deciding some controversy .
2 .
This mode of trial by jury was adopted soon after the conquest of England ,
by William ,
and was fully established for the trial of civil suits in the reign of Henry II .
Crabb '
s C .
L .
50 ,
61 .
In the old French law they are called inquests or tourbes of ten men .
2 Loisel '
s Inst .
238 ,
246 ,
248 .
3 .
Juries are either grand juries , (
q .
v .)
or petit juries .
The former having been treated of elsewhere ,
it will only be necessary to consider the latter .
A petit jury consists of twelve citizens duly qualified to serve on juries ,
impanelled and sworn to try one or more issues of facts submitted to them ,
and to give a judgment respecting the same ,
which is called a verdict .
4 .
Each one of the citizens so impanelled and sworn is called a juror .
Vide Trial .
5 .
The constitution of the United States directs ,
that "
the trial of all crimes ,
except in cases of impeachment ,
shall be by jury ;"
and this invaluable institution is also ,
secured by the several state constitutions .
The constitution of the United States also provides that in suits at common law ,
where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars ,
the right of trial by jury shall be preserved .
Amend .
VII .
6 .
It is scarcely practicable to give the rules established in the different states to secure impartial juries ;
it may ,
however ,
be stated that in all ,
the selection of persons who are to serve on the jury is made by disinterested officers ,
and that out of the lists thus made out ,
the jurors are selected by lot .
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