- pronunciation:
- ju
ri
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
juries |
| definition: |
A jury is a group of people in a court of law who listen to the facts of a case and decide if a person is guilty or not guilty of a crime.
The jury made its decision and found the person to be guilty. |
Jury is from an early French word that means "to swear." At the beginning of a trial, the jury members swear to seek the truth and make a fair verdict.
The word jury
contains the following part:
jud, jur, just
Latin
root
that means
justice, law; swear
Example words:
injure,
injury,
injustice,
judge,
judgment,
judicial,
jury,
just,
justice,
justify,
perjury