Seventh Amendment

American  

noun

1. an amendment to the U.S. Constitution, ratified in 1791 as part of the Bill of Rights, guaranteeing trial by jury.

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Example Sentences

The couple attempted to sue Uber over the crash, citing the seventh amendment of the US Constitution, which grants people the right to a trial by jury.

From BBC

Justice Neil M. Gorsuch struggled with constitutional issues involved in having people lose property interests or the Seventh Amendment right to a trial without agreeing to it.

From Washington Times

And these enforcements don’t implicate the Seventh Amendment.

From Slate

This right arises from the Seventh Amendment, which provides a jury trial in some civil cases.

From Slate

As Kagan put it on Wednesday, quoting major precedent, the Seventh Amendment “is no bar to the creation of new rights or to their enforcement outside the regular courts of law.”

From Slate