Petit+jury
1petit jury — petit juror. /pet ee/, Law. See petty jury. [1490 1500] * * * or trial jury Group chosen from the citizens of a district to try a question of fact at issue in a trial. Though petit juries in England and the U.S. historically have contained 12… …
2petit jury — n: a jury of twelve persons that is impaneled to try and to decide the facts at issue in a trial compare grand jury Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. pet …
3Petit jury — Petit Pet it, a. [F. See {Petty}.] Small; little; insignificant; mean; Same as {Petty}. [Obs., except in legal language.] [1913 Webster] By what small, petit hints does the mind catch hold of and recover a vanishing notion. South. [1913 Webster]… …
4petit jury — [pet′ē] n. a group of twelve citizens picked to weigh the evidence in and decide the issues of a trial in court: distinguished from GRAND JURY …
5petit jury — noun a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings • Syn: ↑petty jury • Topics: ↑law, ↑jurisprudence • Hypernyms: ↑jury • Member Meronyms: ↑ …
6petit jury — o jurado ordinario Grupo de personas elegido entre los ciudadanos de un distrito para juzgar una cuestión de hecho que se discute en juicio. Aunque a lo largo de la historia en Inglaterra y EE.UU. los petit juries han estado integrados por 12… …
7petit jury — jury made up of fewer members than a regular jury …
8petit jury — A trial jury; otherwise known as a traverse jury or a common jury. 31 Am J Rev ed Jur § 2. See jury …
9petit jury — /pɛti ˈdʒʊəri/ (say petee joouhree) noun → petty jury. –petit juror, noun …
10petit jury — noun A regular trial jury, assembled to determine criminal or civil liability. Syn: petty jury …
