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jury

/joor-ee/US // ˈdʒʊər i //UK // (ˈdʒʊərɪ) //

陪审团,评审团,陪审团成员,评审会

Related Words

tribunal审裁处,审判庭,法庭,仲裁庭board董事会,董事会成员,董事会成员名单peers同龄人,同辈人,同行,同行们judges法官,法官们,评委,裁判员

Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural ju·ries.

    • : a group of persons sworn to render a verdict or true answer on a question or questions officially submitted to them.
    • : such a group selected according to law and sworn to inquire into or determine the facts concerning a cause or an accusation submitted to them and to render a verdict to a court.Compare grand jury, petty jury.
    • : a group of persons chosen to adjudge prizes, awards, etc., as in a competition.
v.有主动词 verb
  1. 1

    ju·ried, ju·ry·ing.

    • : to judge or evaluate by means of a jury: All entries will be juried by a panel of professionals.

Synonyms & Antonyms

nounpanel that hears legal matter
Synonyms
board董事会,董事会成员,董事会成员名单tribunal审裁处,审判庭,法庭,仲裁庭judges法官,法官们,评委,裁判员peers同龄人,同辈人,同行,同行们

Examples

  • The first trial ended when the jury was unable to reach a verdict, prompting the judge to declare a mistrial.

  • These are pretty significant issues and the jury’s out on the answer to all of them.

  • The newspaper reported a federal grand jury later indicted McDade on a gun charge, and he served a 10-year sentence at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York City.

  • The case is now before a grand jury in Leon County in which Tallahassee is located.

  • My concern is that Chrome is starting to build out increasing ad awareness into its tech stack as part of a self-proclaimed mission to be the sole judge and jury and policing entity of the ad industry.

  • The 2001 grand jury indictment named 21 suspects as being involved in the U.S. embassy bombings, including Osama bin Laden.

  • A grand jury investigated but found Foster had broken no law.

  • Had he been competently represented, the jury might well have failed to concur on a death sentence.

  • Widespread, popular protests began last week after the local grand jury decision.

  • Brooklyn district attorney Ken Thompson explained his decision to impanel a grand jury in a statement released Friday.

  • In 1883 she served with many distinguished artists on the art jury of the International Exhibition at Amsterdam.

  • Seven months later Captain Preston and other soldiers implicated in the riot were tried before a Boston jury.

  • Governor S—— was a splendid lawyer, and could talk a jury out of their seven senses.

  • Under these circumstances, the learned counsel called on the jury to reduce the damages to a shrimp.

  • The jury handed down the verdict that the parsons were entitled to their back pay but awarded damages of one penny to each parson.

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