- grand jury
- noun Date: 15th century a jury that examines accusations against persons charged with crime and if the evidence warrants makes formal charges on which the accused persons are later tried • grand juror noun
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grand jury — n: a jury that examines accusations against persons charged with crime and if the evidence warrants makes formal charges on which the accused persons are later tried see also no bill and true bill at bill 3b, indictment … Law dictionary
Grand Jury — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Grand jury peut faire référence à : le grand jury, un type de jury dans certains systèmes judiciaires ; Le Grand Jury, une émission de radio… … Wikipédia en Français
grand jury — ➔ jury * * * grand jury UK US noun [C] US LAW ► a group of people who decide if there is enough information to believe that a crime has been committed to begin a trial: »Mr. Barney was the first witness to testify before the grand jury. »grand… … Financial and business terms
grand jury — grand juries N COUNT A grand jury is a jury, usually in the United States, which considers a criminal case in order to decide if someone should be tried in a court of law. They have already given evidence before a grand jury in Washington … English dictionary
grand jury — n. a special jury of a statutory number of citizens, usually more than 12, that investigates accusations against persons charged with crime and indicts them for trial before a petit jury if there is sufficient evidence … English World dictionary
grand jury — ► NOUN US Law ▪ a jury selected to examine the validity of an accusation prior to trial … English terms dictionary
Grand Jury — (engl., spr. gränd dschūrĭ), soviel wie Anklagejury (s. d.) … Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon
grand jury — n law a group of people in the US who decide whether someone charged with a crime should be judged in a court of law >grand juror n … Dictionary of contemporary English
Grand Jury — Grand Ju|ry [ grænd dʒuəri] die; <aus gleichbed. engl. grand jury> ↑Gremium im amerik. Strafprozessrecht, das die öffentliche Anklage auf Ablehnung od. Zulassung prüft … Das große Fremdwörterbuch
Grand Jury — [grænd dʒʊərɪ] die, , im amerikanischen Strafprozessrecht Gremium (Anklagejury) von auf Zeit ernannten Bürgern, die vor Beginn des eigentlichen Strafprozesses die öffentliche Anklage (englisch indictment) prüfen, um sie abzulehnen oder bei… … Universal-Lexikon
grand jury — noun count * a group of people used in the U.S. legal system for deciding whether someone accused of a crime should be brought to trial in a court of law … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
