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PETIT JURY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
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)
