| 单词 | petty 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. petty jury petty jury n. now U.S. a jury of twelve people which tries the final issue of fact in civil or criminal cases and pronounces a verdict. ΚΠ 1500 Act 11 Hen. VII xxi The Iurour or Iurours of the sayd pety Iury that ys founde so defectyf..shall lose forfeyt and pay to the playntyf or plantifs named in the sayd atteynt .x. tymes the value of that somme. 1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. 34 Every Court of Justice, whose just resolutions, and every petty Jury, whose upright verdicts obliege the King..may be truely said to be above the Kings person. 1710 J. Addison Tatler No. 250. ¶8 Good Men and true for a Petty Jury. 1801 Times 17 Jan. 3/3 The Coroner had acted very properly in sending this case to a Petty Jury. 1887 Cent. Mag. Oct. 963/1 The little country court-room, where a petty jury sits to decide a matter of debt or ownership of property. 1997 San Antonio (Texas) Express-News (Nexis) 14 Nov. 4 b This grand jury is a petty jury with an inordinate sense of justice. < as lemmas |
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