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Grand jury
noun
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Noun
- 1 A group of citizens assembled by the government to hear evidence against an accused, and determine whether an indictment for a crime should be brought.
"Though the current wave of die-ins began after grand juries in Ferguson and New York City refused to indict the cops who used lethal force against Michael Brown and Eric Garner, they tap into a deep well of what professor Salamishah Tillet calls “civic estrangement” from a state that ignores excessive police violence against black and brown people."
- 2 a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments wordnet
- 3 The legal process that uses such a jury.
Etymology
From Middle English graunde jurie, from Anglo-Norman graund juree. Named because it typically has more jurors than the petit jury.
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