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Jury

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CIDE DICTIONARY

Jurya. [Etymol. uncertain.].
     For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance.  [1913 Webster]
Jury rudder, a rudder constructed for temporary use.
Juryn. [OF. jurée an assize, fr. jurer to swear, L. jurare, jurari; akin to jus, juris, right, law. See Just,a., and cf. Jurat, Abjure.].
  •  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.  [1913 Webster]
    "The jury, passing on the prisoner's life."  [1913 Webster]
  •  A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize.  [1913 Webster]
Jury of inquest, a coroner's jury. See Inquest.

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Jury, n. (pl. -ies)
1 a body of usu. twelve persons sworn to render a verdict on the basis of evidence submitted to them in a court of justice.
2 a body of persons selected to award prizes in a competition.

Idiom
jury-box the enclosure for the jury in a lawcourt.
Etymology
ME f. AF & OF juree oath, inquiry, f. jurata fem. past part. of L jurare swear

ROGET THESAURUS

Jury

Judge

N judge, justice, justiciar, justiciary, chancellor, justice of assize, judge of assize, recorder, common sergeant, puisne judge, assistant judge, county court judge, conservator of the peace, justice of the peace, J, P, court, magistrate, police magistrate, beak, his worship, his honor, his lordship, jury, twelve men in a box, Lord Chancellor, Lord Justice, Master of the Rolls, Vice Chancellor, Lord Chief Justice, Chief Baron, Mr, Justice, Associate Justice, Chief Justice, Baron, Baron of the Exchequer, jurat, assessor, arbiter, arbitrator, umpire, referee, referendary, revising barrister, domesman, censor, barmaster, ephor, grand juror, grand juryman, juryman, talesman, archon, tribune, praetor, syndic, podesta, mollah, ulema, mufti, cadi, kadi, Rhadamanthus, litigant, judicial, a Daniel come to judgment.


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