Word Type

Noun

Verb

Adjective

The word "jury" can be used as noun, verb and adjective.

Word Relationships

Capable Of

come to decision consider evidence decide defendant guilty decide person guilty decides whether lives or dies judge defendant judge performance listen to witness pronounce defendant guilty returna wrong verdict send criminal to prison send to penitentiary sentence people to death side with defendant state verdict vote guilty or not guilty

Derived Terms

antijury grand jury hung jury judge, jury and executioner jury box jury duty jury is out jury mast jury nullification jury of half-tongue jury of matrons jury panel jury pool jury rig jury rigging jury service jury tampering jury trial jury-rig jury-rigged juryless juryman jurymast juryperson 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

Distinct From

judge

Has Part

think about evidence

Context

law nautical

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

body commission committee

Type Of (IsA)

body committee governmental organization group of human adults organization of people term limited temporal organization

Parts (Meronyms)

juror

Receives Action

asked to deliberate in court composed of jurors found at trial made up of twelve people selected by lawyers and judge selected for trial

Related Terms

authority cases choir court court authority court group court people courtroom courtrooms decide deciding deciding cases decisions group hear hung in court in trial in tribunals judge judge and judge people judgement judgment justice justice thing law legal legal panel members men panel peers people people group people judgment temporary trial trial decisions tribunals twelve twelve members twelve men twelve people verdicts

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