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Examples of trial jury in a Sentence
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The civil trial jury awarded the Goldmans $33.5 million in damages.
—Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 11 Apr. 2024
In 1997, a civil trial jury unanimously deemed Simpson liable for the deaths and ordered him to pay $33.5 million in damages.
—Alexandra Banner, CNN, 12 Apr. 2024
Pearce argued that prosecutors, grand juries and trial juries already prevent unwarranted charges, as illustrated by Trump being the first former president to face criminal charges.
—USA TODAY, 30 Jan. 2024
In 1994, the O.J. Simpson trial jury was sequestered at the hotel.
—Seth Abramovitch, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Jan. 2024
In many of the panel’s votes on whether to recommend indictment — particularly those regarding Mr. Trump — a single juror voted no, highlighting the challenges that Ms. Willis may face in convincing an entire trial jury in a criminal case involving the Republican Party’s presidential front-runner.
—Danny Hakim, New York Times, 8 Sep. 2023
More than two decades after the killing, Johnson wound up being charged with murder-for-hire, but he was found not guilty by a trial jury last year after less than an hour of deliberations.
—Tom Jackman, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023
In many of the panel’s votes on whether to recommend indictment — particularly those regarding Trump — a single juror voted no, highlighting the challenges that Willis may face in convincing an entire trial jury in a criminal case involving the Republican Party’s presidential front-runner.
—Danny Hakim, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Sep. 2023
The senate jury The Texas Constitution set the 31-member Senate as the impeachment trial jury and all were required to attend.
—Jim Vertuno, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Sep. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1884, in the meaning defined above
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“Trial jury.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trial%20jury. Accessed 14 May. 2024.
Legal Definition
trial jury
noun
: a jury impaneled to try a case : petit jury
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