jury en · NOUN · etymology 1
Pronunciation
- /ˈd͡ʒʉːɹi/ (Northern-Ireland, Scotland)
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- /ˈd͡ʒɔːɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation, also, modern)
- /ˈd͡ʒʊəɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /ˈdʒ(j)u.ri/ (South-Asia)
- /ˈd͡ʒʊɹi/ (General-American)
- /ˈd͡ʒuːɹi/ (Ireland)
- /ˈd͡ʒɝ.i/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“to swear or take an oath”).
Meanings
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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 between him and death, unless, to the jury’s satisfaction, he was proved to be guilty. Yet while they were the shield of the man accused, they were also the Sword of the State; and if the man were proved guilty, they were the servants of the State to punish him. Their respective functions were these: he the judge, had to settle the law, and the jury must take the law from him. The jury were judges of fact.
1952, James Avery Joyce, Justice At Work, Pan 1957 edition, page 92:
- A group of judges in a competition.
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(slang) The audience attending the first night of a performance, whose reaction may determine whether it succeeds or fails.
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 wagons. 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:The jury which decides on the first night usually seals the fate of the season.
1828, The New Monthly Magazine, page 418:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| juries | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Deriveds
jurywoman · jury pool · the jury is still out · jury box · jury mast · jury nullification · traverse jury · antijury · grand jury · jury trial · juryperson · jury service · juryman · jury of half-tongue · pyx jury · jury duty · jury equity · jury panel · police jury · jury is out · jury rigging · strike a jury · trial by jury · petit jury · nonjury · jury of matrons · hung jury · jury tampering · juryless · party jury · judge, jury and executioner · petty jury · jury-rigged · be judge and jury · jury rig · struck jury
Descendants
jury · jyry · jury · júri · jury · zsűri · jury · jury · jury · jury · жири
Meronyms
Translations (116)
ru жюри́ (group of judges in a competition) · hi जूरी (law: group in a court of law) · nl jury (law: group in a court of law) · mk жи́ри коми́сија (group of judges in a competition) · fi tuomaristo (group of judges in a competition) · ar مُحَلَّفِين (law: group in a court of law) · tr jüri (group of judges in a competition) · fr jury (law: group in a court of law) · fi valamiehistö (law: group in a court of law) · ja 陪審 (law: group in a court of law) · fi jury (law: group in a court of law) · ro juriu (law: group in a court of law) · pl sąd przysięgłych (law: group in a court of law) · cs porota (law: group in a court of law) · de Preisgericht (group of judges in a competition) · mi hūri (law: group in a court of law) · sl porota (law: group in a court of law) · az jüri (group of judges in a competition) · ko 심사위원단 (group of judges in a competition) · cmn 陪審團 /陪审团 (law: group in a court of law) · oc jurada (law: group in a court of law) · pl jury (group of judges in a competition) · ro juriu (group of judges in a competition) · pt banca (group of judges in a competition) · my ဂျူရီ (law: group in a court of law) · de Preisrichter (group of judges in a competition) · uk суд прися́жних (law: group in a court of law) · de Prüfungsausschuss (group of judges in a competition) · az münsif heyəti (group of judges in a competition) · bg жу́ри (group of judges in a competition) · sh pȍrota (law: group in a court of law) · de die Geschworenen (law: group in a court of law) · wa djuri (law: group in a court of law) · es judgadoramen (group of judges in a competition) · gv bing (law: group in a court of law) · gl xurado (group of judges in a competition) · mn тангарагтны шүүгч (law: group in a court of law) · ast xuráu (group of judges in a competition) · ga giúiré (law: group in a court of law) · is kviðdómur (law: group in a court of law) · uk журі́ (group of judges in a competition) · de Geschworenenjury (law: group in a court of law) · fi lautamiehistö (law: group in a court of law) · pl ława przysięgłych (law: group in a court of law) · mk жири́ (group of judges in a competition) · fa ژوری (group of judges in a competition) · nn jury (law: group in a court of law) · ru суд прися́жных (law: group in a court of law) · vi bồi thẩm đoàn (law: group in a court of law) · fi raati (group of judges in a competition) · tl inampalan (group of judges in a competition) · sk porota (law: group in a court of law) · ar لَجْنَةُ تَحْكِيم (law: group in a court of law) · nrf jury (law: group in a court of law) · da jury (law: group in a court of law) · uk прися́жні (law: group in a court of law) · tr jüri (law: group in a court of law) · km គណៈវិនិច្ឆ័យ (law: group in a court of law) · bg жу́ри (law: group in a court of law) · sh по̏рота (law: group in a court of law) · de Jury (law: group in a court of law) · de Jury (group of judges in a competition) · de Jurie (law: group in a court of law) · ja 審判団 (group of judges in a competition) · es juezamen (group of judges in a competition) · bg съде́бно жу́ри (law: group in a court of law) · et žürii (group of judges in a competition) · be журы́ (group of judges in a competition) · fa هیئت منصفه (law: group in a court of law) · de Geschworene (law: group in a court of law) · ru прися́жные (law: group in a court of law) · tk žýuri (group of judges in a competition) · ca jurat (law: group in a court of law) · ast xuráu (law: group in a court of law) · nn jury (group of judges in a competition) · da nævninge (law: group in a court of law) · de Gruppe der Geschworenen (law: group in a court of law) · id juri (group of judges in a competition) · ka ნაფიცი მსაჯულები (law: group in a court of law) · es juradamen (law: group in a court of law) · ka ჟიური (group of judges in a competition) · nb jury (group of judges in a competition) · pt júri (group of judges in a competition) · nl gezworenen (law: group in a court of law) · ar لَجْنَة (law: group in a court of law) · mk по́рота (law: group in a court of law) · nl jury (group of judges in a competition) · da jury (group of judges in a competition) · wa djuri (group of judges in a competition) · nb jury (law: group in a court of law) · oc jurada (group of judges in a competition) · fi tuomarineuvosto (group of judges in a competition) · ko 배심 (law: group in a court of law) · it giuria (group of judges in a competition) · ko 배심원단 (law: group in a court of law) · pt júri (law: group in a court of law) · eo ĵurio (law: group in a court of law) · ar لَجْنَة (group of judges in a competition) · be прыся́жныя (law: group in a court of law) · sv jury (law: group in a court of law) · ar هَيْئَةُ مُحَلَّفِين (law: group in a court of law) · be суд прыся́жных (law: group in a court of law) · sl žirija (law: group in a court of law) · hu esküdtszék (law: group in a court of law) · bn জুরি (law: group in a court of law) · hu zsűri (group of judges in a competition) · et vandekohus (law: group in a court of law) · gl xurado (law: group in a court of law) · ca jurat (group of judges in a competition) · cmn 評委會 /评委会 (group of judges in a competition) · is dómnefnd (group of judges in a competition) · it giuria (law: group in a court of law) · sv jury (group of judges in a competition) · mr ज्यूरी (law: group in a court of law) · es jurado (law: group in a court of law) · th ลูกขุน (law: group in a court of law)