PETIT JURY

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings

Synonyms:

petit jury; petty jury

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("petit 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)

Meronyms (members of "petit jury"):

petit juror; petty juror (a member of a petit jury)

Domain category:

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