| 单词 | petit jury |
| 释义 | > as lemmaspetty (or petit) jury c. petty (or petit) jury (in contradistinction to grand jury), trial jury, traverse jury, or common jury (in contradistinction to special jury): a jury which tries the final issue of fact in civil or criminal proceedings, and pronounces its decision in a ‘verdict’ upon which the court gives judgement. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > one who administers justice > jury > [noun] > petty or trial jury petty (or petit) jury1495 common jury1614 second inquest1681 trial jury1884 traverse jury1911 1495 [see grand jury n. at sense 2b]. 1607 J. Cowell Interpreter sig. Oo3v Iurie (Iurata) commeth of the french (Iuererii iurare) it signifieth in our common lawe, a companie of men as 24. or 12. Sworne to deliver a truth vpon such euidence, as shalbe deliuered them touching the matter in question. 1768 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. III. xxiii. 358 A common jury is one returned by the sheriff according to the directions of the statute 3 Geo. II. c. 25. which appoints that the sheriff..shall not return a separate panel for every separate cause, as formerly. petit jury petit jury n. ΚΠ 1494 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 21 If any of the petit Jury toke..any some of money..after any suche corrupcion by the Graund Jury founden, etc. 1533 T. More Debellacyon Salem & Bizance ii. xvi. f. lxxxiiiv Yf it appere vnto the graund iury in theyr conscyence, that the petyt iury wylfully of some corrupte mynde regarded not the wytnessys. 1863 H. Cox Inst. Eng. Govt. ii. ix. 517 Where an information is filed..it must be tried by a special or petit jury. 1996 Jrnl. Amer. Hist. 82 1569/2 Even the petit juries of trials were jettisoned in most magistrates' cases in exchange for quicker resolution. 2004 Monthly Labor Rev. 127 17/2 [A fund] to provide full or partial wage replacement..to jurors who serve more than 10 days on civil and criminal petit juries. < as lemmas |
| 随便看 |
英语词典包含1132095条英英释义在线翻译词条，基本涵盖了全部常用单词的英英翻译及用法，是英语学习的有利工具。