单词 | hung jury |
释义 | hung jurynouna jury that cannot agree on a verdict. Origin of hung juryAn Americanism dating back to 1840–50 Words nearby hung juryhungerly, hunger march, hunger pain, hunger strike, Hung Hsiu-ch'uan, hung jury, Hungnam, hungover, hungry, Hungtow Island, hung-up Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Cultural definitions for hung juryhung jury A jury that is unable to reach a verdict of guilty or not guilty. The result is a mistrial, and legal proceedings must be reinitiated to bring the case to trial again. Trying the case a second time does not constitute double jeopardy. The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
随便看 |
英语词典包含192737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。