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jury

[joor-ee] / ˈdʒʊər i /
NOUN
panel that hears legal matter
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A "fundamental irregularity" also took place while the jury was sequestered that "fatally undermined the integrity of the verdicts", he argued, without giving further details.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

Davis, 63, was in court last week as a jury was selected.

From Barron's Aug. 17, 2026

“The jury is still out,” said Steven Check, president of Check Capital Management, which owns some Berkshire stock.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

That theory failed to win over the jury, which deadlocked 10-2 for acquittal.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

At the end of the trial when the jury had found Walter guilty, his family and several of the black people who had attended the trial were in shocked disbelief.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Yuval Raphael's song, New Day Will Rise, placed 15th with the contest's juries - but outperformed every other participant in the public vote, scoring 297 points.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

In such cases there is a standard of care in product design that judges or juries can use to make a ruling, Tokson continued.

From Barron's Aug. 2, 2026

“This has been an extraordinarily taxing ordeal for her, and she has never wavered while testifying in front of two grand juries and three trial juries over the course of eight years.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 25, 2026

Not because teachers cannot be struck from juries.

From Slate Jun. 17, 2026

“There won’t be a trial by jury. No juries in juvenile court.”

From "Red Kayak" by Priscilla Cummings

The award is selected by a panel and was announced in advance along with other juried awards.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 14, 2025

“Ibelin,” which was acquired by Netflix out of Sundance, won the audience award for world cinema documentary and a juried award for Benjamin Ree’s direction.

From Seattle Times Jan. 26, 2024

The company introduced a beta version of its digital registry in August at the Santa Fe Indian Market, an annual juried event.

From New York Times Nov. 21, 2022

The environmental and social-justice themes of “Fragile Beauty” are expressed mostly with paint, ink and pixels, but some of the 33 Washington artists in this juried show at the D.C.

From Washington Post Jun. 24, 2022

Once the first two crates were completed, I carried them down to the art museum for consideration in their upcoming juried biennial.

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

The totality resembles a juried exhibition that still needs some jurying.

From New York Times Jan. 29, 2015




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