grand jury

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. A group of citizens assembled by the government to hear evidence against an accused, and determine whether an indictment for a crime should be brought.
    — Though the current wave of die-ins began after grand juries in Ferguson and New York City refused to indict the cops who used lethal force against Michael Brown and Eric Garner, they tap into a deep well of what professor Salamishah Tillet calls “civic estrangement” from a state that ignores excessive police violence against black and brown people.
  2. The legal process that uses such a jury.

词形变化

grand juries plural

词源

From Middle English graunde jurie, from Anglo-Norman graund juree. Named because it typically has more jurors than the petit jury.
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