Jury
Meanings and phrases
jury
- a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law
- a committee appointed to judge a competition; panel
n.
- a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues; special jury
n.
- a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments
- This left only Wyatt to face a grand jury hearing.
- The grand jury found the shooting to be accidental.
- He was cleared by a grand jury on October 29, 2019.
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- a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial)
- A hung jury resulted in his release on bond, pending retrial.
- The jury was unable to reach a unanimous verdict, resulting in a hung jury.
- Regan's first trial resulted, in 2002, in a hung jury and a retrial was ordered.
petit jury
- a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings; petty jury
n.
- a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings; petit jury
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- a civil right guaranteed by the 6th amendment to the US Constitution
n.
- a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues; blue ribbon jury
- In 2002, film won the Don Quikoti, special jury award at the 7th Dhaka Film Festival.
- Ravi Menon also got the state government special jury award for his role in 'Nirmalayam'.
- K-Town Clan representing Malaysia received the special jury award with their song "Party Animal".
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- A jury found Ballade guilty, and he was fined $15.
- The grand jury found the shooting to be accidental.
- On May 18, 1912, the jury found Floyd Allen guilty.
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- Abusharif's jury trial commenced on April 20, 2009.
- Additionally, all such sentences require jury trial.
- The case went to jury trial in December 2011.
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- Season 10 was his first season as a jury member.
- Grgin was a jury member at various competitions.
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- Mateo from Culcha Candela is one of the new jury members for season 10.
- The jury members vote independently by secret ballot, and thereby select that year's inductees.
- The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members.
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- who soon found themselves indicted by a federal grand jury.
- Langston was indicted by a federal grand jury in Phoenix on March 1, 2007.
- He was indicted on August 20, 2004, by a US federal grand jury in Chicago, Illinois.
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- The Turkish jury awarded its 12 points to Portugal.
- The five members of the jury awarded a total of 30 points.
- In October of 2017, a jury awarded the former Hanford manager $8.1 million in restitution.
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- Nevertheless, the inquest jury returned a verdict of murder.
- In the end, the jury returned a verdict of guilty as charged.
- The jury returned a verdict of guilty with a recommendation to mercy.
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- A profession jury panel was assembled in order to select the competing song.
- The winner was decided by a nine-member jury panel (75%) and televoting (25%).
- Recipients are judged by a jury panel of experts from Canada, Britain, and the United States.
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- Despite the presence of a jury, it was not "trial by jury".
- There is no presumption of innocence; there is trial by jury; trials are open.
- Modern democracies owe a debt to Greek beliefs in government by the people, trial by jury, and equality under the law.
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- An international jury member is set to vote in only semifinals.
- The nations that comprised the international jury were , , , , , , and .
- The winning song was determined by public voting and the votes from international jury panels.
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- The televote was won by Russia and the jury vote by Australia.
- The jury vote is evenly split.
- In the super-final, the winner was selected by the public and jury vote.
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- During jury selection, each side charged the other with racist tactics.
- Statements by the prosecution led to a mistrial at the jury selection stage.
- Over a weekend break during jury selection, Castle calls Blake to New York to join him at a fundraising rally.
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- The competing bands are assessed by a professional jury.
- While Vinzzent received the popular vote, the professional jury did not vote for him.
- The overall winner upon completion of the final dances is chosen by the professional jury members.
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- As of 2008, the winner of the contest is decided by 50% televote and 50% national jury vote.
- Since Sweden did not broadcast the show until the morning after, their points were made up solely by their national jury.
- In addition, no member of a national jury could be related in any way to any of the competing acts in such a way that they cannot vote impartially and independently.
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- As a Crown prosecutor in Tauranga, Bridges mainly worked on jury trials.
- The uncertainty and unpredictability of the outcome of jury trials also encourages settlement.
- Pumphrey excelled as a young prosecutor averaging 25 jury trials a year with a high success rate.
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- A grand jury indicted 37 men (among them 12 free blacks).
- A grand jury indicted Shawcross for murder in Hill's death.
- A Birmingham grand jury indicted Watson on murder charges in October 2010.
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- The jury convicted him of all three homicides.
- The jury convicted him of grand theft after a one-day trial.
- In 1985, a jury convicted Williams for the rape of a Sandy Springs woman.
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- The winning song was selected by televoting and jury voting.
- The winner was decided by a combination of jury voting (60%) and televoting (40%).
- For this reason her song was not included in the jury voting, which occurred after the show.
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- A grand jury indicted 37 men (among them 12 free blacks).
- A grand jury indicted Shawcross for murder in Hill's death.
- A Birmingham grand jury indicted Watson on murder charges in October 2010.
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- The jury consisted of twelve white men.
- The jury consisted of 6 whites, 4 blacks and 2 Hispanics; it included 8 women and 4 men.
- The jury consisted of Yehudi Menuhin, David Oistrakh, Henryk Szeryng, André Gertler, Nadia Boulanger and George Georgescu.
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- In 2002, the long litigation was completed with a jury verdict.
- Abrams lost in what was then the largest jury verdict against the press in American history.
- The full reasons for the verdict were published, a requirement which would not have applied to a jury verdict.
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- He was also the special prosecutor in the grand jury investigation of corruption in the state legislature.
- Findings of a grand jury investigation in Santa Clara, California: In 1997, the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) was passed.
- Smith then served as a special prosecutor, conducting a grand jury investigation from 1981 to 1983 into organized criminal activity in central Pennsylvania.
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- In August 2013 Tourre was found liable on 6 of 7 counts by a federal jury.
- On January 23, 2013 a federal jury rejected the Bakers' claims and found Goldman Sachs not liable to the Bakers.
- On August 3, 2018, a federal jury awarded six North Carolina residents $470 million in damages against Murphy-Brown LLC.
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- He was also the special prosecutor in the grand jury investigation of corruption in the state legislature.
- Findings of a grand jury investigation in Santa Clara, California: In 1997, the Adoption and Safe Families Act (ASFA) was passed.
- Smith then served as a special prosecutor, conducting a grand jury investigation from 1981 to 1983 into organized criminal activity in central Pennsylvania.
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- In September 2005, a jury acquitted Givens of sexual battery charges.
- Key, in his final address to the jury said: The jury acquitted Crandall.
- Jackson was charged with Eusan's murder, but in 1972, a jury acquitted him.