Definition of Jury

	Add the "Quote of the Day" to Your Site or Blog Now!
Home - Quote Topics - Quotes of the Day - Quote Keywords - Author Types - Quotation Trivia Authors: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

Definition of Jury

Jury

For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance.

A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced. See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest.

A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize.

Related Definitions:

According, Adduced, An, And, Any, Applied, Art, As, At, Awarding, Body, Committee, Competition, Contrivance, Determining, Evidence, Exhibition, Fact, First, For, Gave, Grand, Him, Impaneled, Inquest, Inquire, Into, Jury, Law, Legally, Matter, Men, Merit, Of, Or, Prize, Relative, Render, See, Selected, Sworn, Temporary, The, Their, To, True, Try, Twelve, Under, Use, Verdict

Jury Quotations

I was married by a judge. I should have asked for a jury.
Groucho Marx

A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Robert Frost

The jury consist of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.
Robert Frost

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide.
Oliver Wendell Holmes

The jury could get the case as early as next week, but the defense says they just want to introduce one last-minute load of crap.
Bill Maher

We operate under a jury system in this country, and as much as we complain about it, we have to admit that we know of no better system, except possibly flipping a coin.
Dave Barry

The penalty for laughing in a courtroom is six months in jail; if it were not for this penalty, the jury would never hear the evidence.
H. L. Mencken

There is no such thing as an impartial jury because there are no impartial people. There are people that argue on the web for hours about who their favorite character on "Friends" is.
Jon Stewart

Ending racial discrimination in jury selection can be accomplished only by eliminating peremptory challenges entirely.
Thurgood Marshall

A jury is a group of twelve people of average ignorance.
Herbert Spencer

Jury Translations

jury in Dutch is jury
jury in French is jury
jury in German is Preisrichter
jury in Italian is giuria
jury in Norwegian is jury
jury in Spanish is jurado

Quotes