The obligation to act or a period of acting as a member of a jury in court.
the bill exempts nursing mothers from jury duty
my wife was on jury duty recently
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- Earlier in the year I did 14 weeks of jury duty.
- Congratulations on performing jury duty - it's a task many people try to avoid, but our justice system does depend in part on people serving on juries.
- She first received a jury duty notice in January but received a postponement because she was pregnant.
- Most people would prefer to avoid jury duty.
- Apparently I'm exempt from jury duty as my father is in the Police and I may have a 'biased' view towards the matter.
- If signed into law, the legislation would make immigrants who are legal permanent residents eligible for jury duty.
- The star has been picked for jury duty, but he doesn't believe he will have to sit through a trial.
- Some of his friends thought he was "lucky" to be called for jury duty in this case.
- She headed back to work after an early dismissal from jury duty.
- I recently rode 8 miles in the dark on a 26 degree morning to serve jury duty.