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jury trial

Noun

Meaning

jury trial (plural jury trials)

(law) A legal process in which the guilt or liability of a party is determined by a jury, a group of citizens selected from the local population.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

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Only a very foolish lawyer will dare guess the outcome of a jury trial. Jerome Frank

Dispensing with confrontation because testimony is obviously reliable is akin to dispensing with jury trial because a defendant is obviously guilty. Antonin Scalia

A fair jury trial of his "peers" is something I do expects, and not a nest of 5th column partisan jurors out for blood. Source: Internet

A Dawson County District Court jury trial was set for December 15, 2020 but, the Court has just recently declared that no jury trials will be held in December due to the pandemic. Source: Internet

A jury trial hasn't been scheduled. Source: Internet

A man currently awaiting jury trial in Milwaukee has been charged with second-degree murder in the death of his 2-year-old daughter. Source: Internet

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