Noun
a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments
Source: WordNetOne mechanism of repression is the grand jury. Michael Parenti
I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest. Donella Meadows
A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor. Donella Meadows
That D.C. grand jury investigation of Abramoff can't go on forever. Eventually the lawyers at the Public Integrity Section will go to their bosses with some decisions about just who they want to indict. That's when Al Gonzales will have to show his cards. Josh Marshall
There are two other SLA members who have been granted immunity and then also, one of the SLA members had confessed to two other people, and those people, I'm sure, will be called as witnesses, as they were at the grand jury. Patty Hearst
In 1994 the U.S. Court of Appeals decided in the case of Oliver North to permit the release of grand jury evidence, because it had already been so thoroughly leaked. Donella Meadows