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jury

[joor-ee] / ˈdʒʊər i /
NOUN
panel that hears legal matter
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But on July 8, 2022, the jury acquitted me on four counts and convicted me on two.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The attorney general will, if warranted, prosecute any offences found by her investigation and present evidence to a grand jury, the governor said.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

The jury is expected to begin deliberating Friday morning.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026

In September a jury of nine women and three men was unable to reach a unanimous decision, as required in criminal proceedings in the United States, leading to a mistrial.

From Barron's ● Oct. 1, 2026

The jury thus had to be certain of their verdict.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

These are questions that get resolved by juries every day.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Prosecutors believed that if they convicted Hanway they would have an easier time getting juries to find the rest guilty.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026

Witnesses at the blink-and-you-miss-it Oakland trial echoed much of what had already been heard this year by juries in Los Angeles, Santa Fe and Nashville.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026

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

Women could not serve on juries or testify in court.

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling

And yet, at the Toronto International Film Festival this month, this quiet film won the Platform Prize, a major juried award.

From BBC ● Sep. 24, 2026

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

Toronto’s top award isn’t a juried prize but an audience award as voted on by attendees.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 7, 2022

‘Drama: Story-Telling in Art’ The use of narrative in art is explored in this juried exhibition on view through March 19.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 1, 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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