trial jury

noun

1. petty jury.

Word History and Origins

Origin of trial jury¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

A murder trial jury has been discharged after it was unable to reach a verdict on a driver whose car hit and killed a "Good Samaritan" tending to an injured woman.

From BBC

How did he get a state grand jury, trial jury and judge to do his bidding?

From Los Angeles Times

Mitchell ruled in February that the trial jury will come from outside of Memphis because of intense media coverage of the 36-year-old rapper’s slaying, which shocked Memphis and the entertainment world.

From Seattle Times

A 15-year-old boy was stabbed through the heart by another teenager "in full view" of children leaving a primary school, a trial jury has heard.

From BBC

A criminal court jury found him not guilty of murder in 1995, but a separate civil trial jury found him liable in 1997 for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5 million to family members of Brown and Goldman.

From Seattle Times