jury
UK/ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi//ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/
jury noun: a group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.
Noun
jury (plural juries)
- A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.
- And so the jury and he approached, as if this were a time of peace instead of one of the greatest world disturbances ever known in history, the question whether the prosecution had proved to the jury’s satisfaction that George Joseph Smith was guilty of murder. The jury were the shield which stood...1952, James Avery Joyce, Justice At Work, Pan 1957 edition, page 92
- A group of judges in a competition.
- The audience attending the first night of a performance, whose reaction may determine whether it succeeds or fails.
- The jury which decides on the first night usually seals the fate of the season.1828, The New Monthly Magazine, page 418
- The widespread idea that before a first-night the audience, dressed to the nose, dines en masse at the Colony and proceeds elegantly to the scene in Hispanos is as fabulous as that which imagines it assembles at Lindy's delicatessen in yesterday's shirt and moves on to the theatre in garbage...1971, George Jean Nathan, The Entertainment of a Nation: Or, Three-sheets in the Wind, page 130
Verb
jury (third-person singular simple present juries, present participle jurying, simple past and past participle juried)
- To judge by means of a jury.
Adjective
jury (not comparable)
- For temporary use; applied to a temporary contrivance.
- jury mast
- jury rudder
jury meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
jury in Hindi
- law: group in a court of law
- जूरी jūrī
jury in Tamil
- ஜூரி
jury in Marathi
- law: group in a court of law
- ज्यूरी jyūrī
jury in Urdu
- پنچ, پنچایت, ثالث
More languagesFewer languages
- jury in Bengali
- জুরি juri
- jury in Telugu
- జ్యూరీ
- jury in Malayalam
- മദ്ധ്യസ്ഥ സമിതി, വിധികർത്താക്കളുടെ സമിതി
- jury in Kannada
- ತೀರ್ಪುಗಾರರ ಕೂಟ
- jury in Punjabi
- ਜਿਊਰੀ, ਜੂਰੀ
- jury in Gujarati
- જ્યુરી, જૂરી, જ્યુરીને
- jury in Odia
- ବିଚାରକମଣ୍ଡଳୀ, ଜୁରି
- jury in Nepali
- निर्णायक मण्डल, जूरी, ज्युरी
- jury in Tagalog
- inampalan
- jury in Arabic
- مُحَلَّفِين muḥallafīn, هَيْئَةُ مُحَلَّفِين hayʔatu muḥallafīn, لَجْنَة lajna, لَجْنَةُ تَحْكِيم lajnatu taḥkīm
- jury in Indonesian
- juri
- jury in Persian
- هیئت منصفه heya't-e monsefe, ژوری žuri
- jury in Thai
- ลูกขุน lûuk-kǔn
- jury in Vietnamese
- bồi thẩm đoàn
- jury in Myanmar
- ဂျူရီ gyuri
Examples of jury in a sentence
- The jury were the shield which stood between him and death, unless, to the jury’s satisfaction, he was proved to be guilty.1952, James Avery Joyce, Justice At Work, Pan 1957 edition, page 92:
- And no less spurious is the theory that, in either case or in both together, the jury is possessed of a remarkably rich acumen in the matter of theatrical values.1971, George Jean Nathan, The Entertainment of a Nation: Or, Three-sheets in the Wind, page 130:
Forms of jury
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | juries |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | juries |
| present participle | jurying |
| past participle | juried |
| past | juried |
Origin of jury
From Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“to swear or take an oath”).
Early 1600s, of uncertain origin. Perhaps ultimately from Old French ajurie, from Latin adiūtō. Alternatively, perhaps ultimately from Frankish *garu (“ready, prepared”), related to Middle English yore, ȝare, from Old English ġeoro, ġearu (“ready, prompt, prepared, quick”), related to gear.
Words formed from jury
- jurymast
- jury-rig
- antijury
- be judge and jury
- grand jury
- hung jury
- judge, jury and executioner
- jury box
- jury duty
- jury equity
- jury is out
- juryless
- juryman
- jury mast
- jury nullification
- jury of half-tongue
- jury of matrons
- jury panel
- juryperson
- jury pool
- jury rig
- jury-rigged
- jury rigging
- jury service
- jury tampering
- jury trial
- jurywoman
- nonjury
- party jury
- petit jury
- petty jury
- police jury
- pyx jury
- strike a jury
- struck jury
- the jury is still out
- traverse jury
- trial by jury
Phrases with jury
Words that rhyme with jury
Questions about jury
- What does jury mean?
- Jury means a group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.
- What is jury in Hindi?
- Jury in Hindi is जूरी (jūrī). See Jury meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use jury in a sentence?
- The jury were the shield which stood between him and death, unless, to the jury’s satisfaction, he was proved to be guilty.
- What part of speech is jury?
- Jury can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
- How do you pronounce jury?
- Jury is pronounced /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/ (UK).
- What is the plural of jury?
- The plural of jury is juries.
Words near jury in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: jury (page history and authors); jury (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jury (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jury (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jury (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jury (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); jury (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jury (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jury (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); jury (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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