petty jury

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noun

(in a civil or criminal proceeding) a jury, usually of 12 persons, impaneled to determine the facts and render a verdict pursuant to the court's instructions on the law.

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Also petit jury.

Also called traverse jury.

Compare grand jury.

Origin of petty jury

First recorded in 1680–90

OTHER WORDS FROM petty jury

petty juror, noun

Words nearby petty jury

petty, petty bourgeois, petty bourgeoisie, petty cash, Petty-Fitzmaurice, petty jury, petty larceny, petty officer, petty sessions, petulance, petulancy

How to use petty jury in a sentence

Petty, shade, and thirst are my favorite human “virtues” and the trifecta of any good series of “stories.”
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The 2001 grand jury indictment named 21 suspects as being involved in the U.S. embassy bombings, including Osama bin Laden.
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A grand jury investigated but found Foster had broken no law.
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Had he been competently represented, the jury might well have failed to concur on a death sentence.
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Widespread, popular protests began last week after the local grand jury decision.
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In 1883 she served with many distinguished artists on the art jury of the International Exhibition at Amsterdam.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
Aunty Rosa had credited him in the past with petty cunning and stratagem that had never entered into his head.
Kipling Stories and Poems Every Child Should Know, Book II|Rudyard Kipling
On the 25th of November following the magistrates began to sit daily at Petty Sessions.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
He became the low-born, petty tradesman, using the language of the hands of his jam factory.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Seven months later Captain Preston and other soldiers implicated in the riot were tried before a Boston jury.
The Eve of the Revolution|Carl Becker

British Dictionary definitions for petty jury

petty jury

noun

a variant spelling of petit jury

Derived forms of petty jury

petty juror, noun

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