grand jury
a jury, at common law, of 12 to 23 persons, designated to inquire into alleged violations of the law in order to ascertain whether the evidence is sufficient to warrant trial.
Origin of grand jury
1- Compare petty jury.
Words Nearby grand jury
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How to use grand jury in a sentence
The women all shared similar stories with a grand jury, according to the criminal complaint.
In a grand jury hearing room he met Sutherland, who had been working independently at the jail, also undercover.
Jack Palladino, aggressive sleuth who worked for Bill Clinton campaign, dies at 76 | Harrison Smith | February 2, 2021 | Washington PostOf those qualified for jury service who receive notices, jury pools can be randomly selected when they are needed for specific trials or grand juries.
Federal Court’s Jury Selection Plan Under Fire | Maya Srikrishnan | January 22, 2021 | Voice of San DiegoHe was indicted by a federal grand jury in 2016 on 24 counts including wire fraud and theft of government funds but federal prosecutors reached an agreement in 2019 and charges were dropped.
Pop culture countdown: Iconic and ignominious | Joey DiGuglielmo | December 30, 2020 | Washington BladeMilton resigned as CEO, and the SEC has launched an inquiry into Nikola, including grand jury subpoenas.
Nikola Motor loses another crucial deal, capping a catastrophic 2020 | dzanemorris | December 23, 2020 | Fortune
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.
Widespread, popular protests began last week after the local grand jury decision.
Eric Garner Protesters Have a Direct Line to City Hall | Jacob Siegel | December 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBrooklyn district attorney Ken Thompson explained his decision to impanel a grand jury in a statement released Friday.
I pledge to conduct a full and fair investigation and to give the grand jury all of the information necessary to do its job.
In October, 1861, he was indicted by the grand jury, and his paper suppressed.
Portrait and Biography of Parson Brownlow, The Tennessee Patriot | William Gannaway BrownlowGuess the grand jury's got suthin' to say to it, hain't they?
The Calico Cat | Charles Miner ThompsonThe grand jury came into Court and presented true bills of indictment against Margaret Collins.
The Old Pike | Thomas B. SearightThey are marshaling in witnesses before the grand jury—those men from the Warren, and you know what they'll say, of course!
Blow The Man Down | Holman DayHe was sworn in a freeman at large in 1656, and appears to have been presented by the grand jury in 1683 as a religious vagrant.
Irish Witchcraft and Demonology | St. John D. (St. John Drelincourt) Seymour
British Dictionary definitions for grand jury
law (esp in the US and, now rarely, in Canada) a jury of between 12 and 23 persons summoned to inquire into accusations of crime and ascertain whether the evidence is adequate to found an indictment. Abolished in Britain in 1948: Compare petit 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
Cultural definitions for grand jury
A jury that decides whether the evidence warrants bringing an accused person to trial. Once indicted (see indictment) by a grand jury, a person must stand trial.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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