Meaning & Definition of Jury in English
English⟶
Jury
/ʤʊri/
noun
1. A body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law
synonym:
- jury
2. A committee appointed to judge a competition
synonym:
- jury,
- panel
Examples of using
On the inquest it was shown that Buck Fanshaw, in the delirium of a wasting typhoid fever, had taken arsenic, shot himself through the body, cut his throat, and jumped out of a four-story window and broken his neck—and after due deliberation, the jury, sad and tearful, but with intelligence unblinded by its sorrow, brought in a verdict of death "by the visitation of God." What could the world do without juries?
The judge asked the jury to reach a verdict.
Could you describe to the jury what happened?