单词 | petty jury |
释义 | petty jurynoun(in a civil or criminal proceeding) a jury, usually of 12 persons, impaneled to determine the facts and render a verdict pursuant to the court's instructions on the law. Also petit jury. Also called traverse jury. Compare grand jury. Origin of petty juryFirst recorded in 1680–90 OTHER WORDS FROM petty jurypetty juror, nounWords nearby petty jurypetty, petty bourgeois, petty bourgeoisie, petty cash, Petty-Fitzmaurice, petty jury, petty larceny, petty officer, petty sessions, petulance, petulancy Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for petty jury
British Dictionary definitions for petty jurypetty jury nouna variant spelling of petit jury Derived forms of petty jurypetty juror, nounCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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