hung jury
A jury in a legal trial that is unable to reach a unanimous or required supermajority…A jury in a legal trial that is unable to reach a unanimous or required supermajority verdict after extended deliberation.
Meaning
1 sensesA jury in a legal trial that is unable to reach a unanimous or required supermajority verdict after extended deliberation.
The prosecution re-filed charges after a mistrial was declared due to a hung jury.
no idiomatic term, one can say uneinige Jury, if possible
a jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial)
Translations
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Forms
plural: hung juries| Singular | hung jury |
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Word family
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