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petit jury
[ pet-ee ]
petit jury
noun
- a jury of 12 persons empanelled to determine the facts of a case and decide the issue pursuant to the direction of the court on points of law Also calledpetty jury Compare grand jury
Derived Forms
- petit juror, noun
Other Words From
- petit juror noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of petit jury1
Example Sentences
The rules of grand juries are far different from those governing petit juries — the ones that determine guilt or innocence.
“Without any evidence — without any factual foundation whatsoever — defendants have chosen to malign one of this country’s most sacred civic institutions, the impartially selected petit jury,” she said.
The jurors - seven men, five women; nine whites, three blacks - were chosen from the circuit court petit jury pool in May.
The judge will ask very few questions, unlike when selecting a petit jury, when the judge and lawyers ask many questions.
Most people can understand the basic adversarial nature of a public trial decided by what is formally called a petit jury.
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