grand jury

English

Etymology

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

Noun

grand jury (plural grand juries)

1. (law) 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.
   • 19 December 2014, Paul M Farber in The Guardian Online, Die-ins demand that we bear witness to black people's fears that they'll be next

     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. (law) The legal process that uses such a jury

Translations

Translations

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 大陪審團／大陪审团 (daai⁶ pui⁴ sam² tyun⁴)

  Mandarin: , 大陪審團／大陪审团 (zh) (dà péishěntuán)

• Estonian: vandemeeste kogu
• Finnish: valamiehistö (fi), suuri valamiehistö
• French: grand jury (fr) m
• German: Grand Jury (de) f
• Hebrew: חָבֵר מושבעים גָּדוֹל m
• Hungarian: vádesküdtszék, nagy esküdtszék, vádemelő esküdtszék
• Irish: ard-ghiúiré m
• Italian: grand jury m
• Japanese: 大陪審 (だいばいしん, daibaishin)
• Korean: 대배심 (daebaesim)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: storjury m

• Russian: большо́е жюри́ n (bolʹšóje žurí), больша́я колле́гия прися́жных f (bolʹšája kollégija prisjážnyx)
• Serbo-Croatian: вѐлика по̏рота f (vèlika pȍrota)
• Spanish: gran jurado m
• Tamil: ^{(please verify)} சட்டத் துறை (caṭṭat tuṟai)

See also

• petit jury
• jury trial