| 单词 | grand jury |
| 释义 | > as lemmasgrand jury grand jury n. a jury of inquiry, accusation, or presentment (as distinguished from a petty jury or jury of trial), consisting of from twelve to twenty-three ‘good and lawful men of a county’, who were returned by the sheriff to every session of the peace, and of the assizes, to receive and inquire into indictments, before these were submitted to a trial jury, and to perform such other duties as were committed to them. Historical exc. U.S.This body represents the grand inquest n. of earlier times. In England its action by statute and usage became greatly restricted; its principal duty before its abolition in 1933 was ‘to examine into accusations against persons charged with crime, and if it see just cause, then to find bills of indictment against them, to be presented to the court’; besides which, however, it could express opinions on changes in judicial procedure, make recommendations on this and kindred subjects, make presentments of nuisances, etc. Formerly, a Grand Jury of twenty-four was summoned also upon a writ of attaint, to inquire whether a petty jury had given a false or corrupt verdict (abolished by 6 Geo. IV, c. 50). In Ireland the Grand Jury had, down to 1898, very extensive powers in reference to the general administration of the country. In Scotland grand juries have never existed.extracted from juryn.< as lemmas |
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