Meaning

3 senses
  1. A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.

    Geschworene, Jury, Geschworenenjury

    прися́жныеprisjážnyje, суд прися́жныхsud prisjážnyx

    прися́жніprysjážni, суд прися́жнихsud prysjážnyx

  2. A group of judges in a competition.

    Jury, Preisgericht, Preisrichter

    жюри́žurí

    журі́žurí

    a committee appointed to judge a competition

  3. (slang)The audience attending the first night of a performance, whose reaction may determine whether it succeeds or fails.

Examples

166 sentences
  1. The jury said Tom was guilty.

  2. The jury found Tom not guilty.

    ruПрисяжные признали Тома невиновным. — marafon

    deDie Geschworenen befanden Tom für nicht schuldig. — wolfgangth

  3. I've never served on a jury.

  4. The jury hasn't yet made a decision.

  5. Tom has never served on a jury.

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
law: group in a court of law:
group of judges in a competition:
Русский
By meaning 2
law: group in a court of law:
group of judges in a competition:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
law: group in a court of law:
group of judges in a competition:

Origin

From Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin

From Middle English jure, from Anglo-Norman juree, from Medieval Latin iūrāta, from Latin iūrō (“to swear or take an oath”).

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