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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
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ju·ry1 / ˈjoŏrē/ • n. (pl. -ries) a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court: the jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts. ∎ a body of people selected to judge a competition.
• v. (-ries, -ried) [tr.] (usu. be juried) judge (an art or craft exhibition or exhibit): the exhibition was juried by a tapestry artist | [as adj.] (juried) the juried show.
PHRASES: the jury is still out a decision has not yet been reached on a controversial subject: the jury is still out on whether self-regulation by doctors is adequate.ju·ry2 • adj. Naut. (of a mast or other fitting) improvised or temporary: we need to get that jury rudder fixed.
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 "Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland)")
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Jury bears heavy burden as 'lamp of our freedom'.(NEWS)
Magazine article from: Irish Independent (Dublin, Republic of Ireland); 7/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...British law lord and one of the greatest defenders of jury trial, who said that the jury is more than an instrument of justice and more than...presumed innocent, who stands accused of murder. This jury has already survived two tremors that could have...
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Judging juries
Newspaper article from: The Press; 6/18/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...cloistered confines of the jury room aren't necessarily...Sparked by another wildcard jury decision -- this one...people who had served on juries and didn't like what...deadly seriously. Two jury trials await. In one...criminal cases) going before juries in New Zealand a year...
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Impartial juries and stacked juries.
M2 Presswire; 2/23/2004; 700+ words
; ...Clear Press Corps: Impartial juries and stacked juries(C)1994-2004 M2 COMMUNICATIONS...RDATE:02212004 The American Jury Institute / Fully Informed Jury Association maintains that...are looking for "impartial juries". Iloilo Marguerite Jones...
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Jury trials for divorce? An Illinois bill would bring jury trials back to contested divorce. The ISBA Family Law Section Council thinks that's a bad idea.
Magazine article from: Illinois Bar Journal; 3/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...has long permitted juries a limited role in divorce cases. "Jury trials put a lot more...to settle. Also, juries are not as tainted...open divorce trial to juries," by Bethany Krajelis...saying the threat of a jury trial "is the most...
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 "Herald-News (Joliet, IL)")
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JURIES AREN'T EMOTIONAL PUSHOVERS
Newspaper article from: Herald-News (Joliet, IL); 7/18/2000; 700+ words
; ...far more disposed than juries, by a ratio greater...generous. The median jury-mandated punitive...long tried to denigrate juries made up of ordinary...impact of the 1997 Lakey jury decision accomplished what juries are meant to do. The...
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 "Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO)")
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'JURY' WELL-SELECTED HOFFMAN, HACKMAN HEAD STRONG CAST IN ADAPTATION OF GRISHAM LEGAL DRAMA.(Entertainment/Weekend/Spotlight)(Review)
Newspaper article from: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, CO); 10/17/2003; ; 700+ words
; ...especially daring) piece of work. In Runaway Jury, we get a story based on a John Grisham...greasy spoon. Set in New Orleans, Runaway Jury pits attorney Wendall Rohr (Hoffman...Joanna Going). The movie suggests that jury selection may be the key to winning a major...
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Jury Orders Tobacco Firms to Pay $37.5 Million to Former Smoker in Miami.
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News; 6/11/2002; 700+ words
; ...Tribune Business News Jun. 11--A Miami jury on Tuesday told three tobacco companies...and speak out for what is right." "The jury did the right thing," Gerson said...medical bills, pain and suffering. The jury said Lukacs was entitled to $25 million...
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Juries, judges, and punitive damages: an empirical study.
Magazine article from: Cornell Law Review; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...produces trivially few jury awards that are beyond...INTRODUCTION Concerns about juries dominate punitive...superiority. (2) Judge-jury differences, however...might give pause to juries' critics. (3...that, however well juries perform, judges...propriety of reduced jury authority ...
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Victorian juries: Roland Quinault looks at how the Victorians saw the old English system of trial by jury as a defining feature of British good government and fair play and as an example to other nations. Admiration for the system at home and abroad, though, contrasted with the practical realities faced by 19th-century juries.
Magazine article from: History Today; 5/1/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...the actual operation of the jury system in England and Wales...terms and conditions under which juries were selected and operated were prescribed by the 1825 Jury Act (consolidated and revised in a further Juries Act of 1870). The act of 1825...
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Jury Verdict Research Releases Verdict Study: Medical-Malpractice Jury-Award Median Up Slightly; Overall Median Compensatory Award Down 30%.
Business Wire; 4/1/2004; 700+ words
; ...BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2004 Jury awards for medical-malpractice claims...liabilities fell significantly, according to Jury Verdict Research(R)'s report, Current...from 1996 to 2000, the compensatory jury-award median for medical-malpractice...
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Jury: Behavioral Aspects
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice
...feel more positive about the jury system. Judge versus jury One way to evaluate jury behavior is to compare the decisions reached by juries with those reached by judges. Studies of judge-jury agreement reveal substantial, but not uniform agreement...
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Jury Selection
Encyclopedia entry from: International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences
...systems is to convene juries that are representative...and that are unbiased. Jury selection begins with...jurisdictions, however, jury pools are convened as...matter. From a single jury pool, multiple juries will be selected over...
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Jury
Encyclopedia entry from: West's Encyclopedia of American Law
...reign of Charlemagne, juries interrogated prisoners...the Normans brought the jury to England, where its...called for changes in jury management, so as to encourage diversity in juries. The judicial system...Supreme Court amended jury management rules to authorize...
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Jury Trial
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...Impeachment, shall be by Jury." No mention is made of juries in civil cases...criticism, criminal juries came under similar attack. Jury selection had become...attempted to avoid jury duty. Furthermore, opponents of juries began to focus not...
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jury
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...S. states preserve jury trials for a variety of...limited the use of civil juries to cases in which community...and fraud). The Modern Jury In most criminal cases...generally less recourse to the jury and less care in the selection...jurors. The value of juries in civil trials is disputed...
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