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blue-ribbon jury

noun

  1. a jury composed of persons having more than ordinary education and presumably exceptional intelligence and perceptiveness, selected by the court on the motion of plaintiff or defendant to try cases of unusual complexity or importance.


blue-ribbon jury

noun

  1. a US name for a special jury
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of blue-ribbon jury1

An Americanism dating back to 1935–40
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Example Sentences

This week a blue-ribbon jury of noted economists from ten nations,* completing a 14-month study for the United Nations, reached a similar conclusion.

The most elite panel, New York State's "blue-ribbon" jury, is used almost exclusively to hear complex civil and criminal cases.

When one New York blue-ribbon jury convicted two criminal defendants, their lawyers appealed to the U.S.

Heckled by parents, the state legislature named a blue-ribbon jury to examine the quality of California's schooling.

The hand-picked "blue-ribbon" jury saw its duty and did it.

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