Example Sentences

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The number was eventually reduced to 23 people, and then after one further excusal, 22.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2026

Today, courts differ in their approaches to jury excusal for caregivers of minor children.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2025

A jury summons letter also typically includes instructions for seeking an exemption or excusal, and courts often excuse parents and primary caregivers of minor children from jury duty.

From Slate • Aug. 25, 2025

Republican Sen. Lora Reinbold on Thursday requested the excusal from Saturday through Jan. 15.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 10, 2021

I had totally forgotten, as soon as I had uttered my excusal, whether I had or had not used the word “compliments,” or “respects”—perhaps thoughtlessly, neither one nor the other.

From Rattlin the Reefer by Marryat, Frederick