GRAND JURY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("grand jury" is a kind of...):

jury (a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)