jury

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ju‧ry S3 W3 /ˈdʒʊəri $ ˈdʒʊri/ BrE AmE noun (plural juries) [countable]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Anglo-French; Origin: juree, from Old French jurer 'to swear', from Latin jus; ⇨ ↑just²]
1. a group of often 12 ordinary people who listen to the details of a case in court and decide whether someone is guilty or not:
the members of the jury
The jury found him not guilty.
the right to trial by jury
sit/serve on a jury (=be part of a jury)
2. a group of people chosen to judge a competition
3. the jury is (still) out on something used to say that something has not been finally decided:
Is it good value? The jury is still out on that.
⇨ ↑grand jury
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COLLOCATIONS
verbs
▪ sit/serve on a jury (=be a member of a jury) At that time, black people were not allowed to serve on juries.
▪ address the jury (=speak to it) The defence lawyer stood up to address the jury.
▪ a judge directs/instructs a jury (=tells it what to decide) The judge directed the jury to find her not guilty.
▪ the jury hears something (=is told information about a crime) The jury heard how the attack followed an argument in a bar.
▪ the jury finds somebody guilty/not guilty The jury found him guilty of murder.
▪ the jury reaches/arrives at a verdict (=decides if someone is guilty or not guilty) Has the jury reached a verdict?
▪ the jury returns a verdict (=gives its decision to the court) The jury returned a guilty verdict.
▪ the jury acquits somebody (=says that someone is not guilty) He was acquitted by a jury when the case came to court.
▪ the jury convicts somebody (=says that someone is guilty) The jury convicted him of two fraud charges.
phrases
▪ a member of the jury Only three members of the jury were women.
▪ the foreman of the jury (=the jury's leader, who announces its decision) The foreman of the jury announced a guilty verdict.
▪ trial by jury (=a trial with a jury) Defendants have a right to trial by jury.
▪ a jury's verdict (=the decision of a jury) The jury's verdict is final.
adjectives
▪ a hung jury (=one that cannot agree whether someone is guilty of a crime) The trial ended with a hung jury.
▪ an inquest jury (=one that decides the cause of someone's death) The inquest jury decided that he died accidentally by falling out of a train door.
▪ a grand jury American English (=one that decides whether someone must be judged in a court ) Their business practices are now being investigated by a grand jury.
jury + NOUN
▪ the jury system The government proposed changes to the jury system.
▪ jury service (=when you have to spend time on a jury) He has been called for jury service in July.
▪ a jury trial (=a trial with a jury) Should all accused people have a jury trial?
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THESAURUS
In a court
▪ defendant the person who is on trial for a crime
▪ the defence British English, the defense American English the lawyers who are working for the defendant
▪ the prosecution the lawyers who are trying to prove that the defendant is guilty
▪ judge the official in charge of a court who decides how criminals should be punished
▪ jury a group of people, usually 12 people, who listen to the facts and decide whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty
▪ witness someone who describes in a court of law what he or she knows about a crime
▪ testimony a formal statement made in a court of law about a particular situation or action
▪ verdict the decision of the jury as to whether the defendant is guilty or not guilty

juryhu

◎	['dʒuəri]
※	danh từ
	■	(pháp lý) nhóm người ngồi tại toà án để nghe các sự việc của một vụ án, rồi quyết định xem bị cáo có tội hay vô tội; ban hội thẩm; hội thẩm đoàn; hội đồng xét xử
		☆	seven men and five women sit on the jury
			bảy người đàn ông và năm người đàn bà ngồi ở hội thẩm đoàn
		☆	the jury returned a verdict of not guilty
			ban hội thẩm tuyên án rằng bị cáo vô tội
		☆	the jury is/are still out
			hội thẩm đoàn chưa vào (vẫn còn đang hội ý với nhau)
	■	nhóm người được chọn để quyết định xem thí sinh nào thắng trong một cuộc thi; ban giám khảo
		☆	the jury is/are about to announce the winners
			ban giám khảo sắp công bố tên những người thắng cuộc