Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun The chair and spokesperson for a jury.
  • noun The leader of a work crew, as in a factory.

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  • noun A foreman or forewoman.

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  • noun the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf

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Examples

  • And you spoke about the fact that the jury foreperson is Hispanic.

    CNN Transcript Jun 13, 2005 2005

  • We also have heard from very reliable sources around the courthouse that juror number five, the doctor-lawyer, may very well be the foreperson, which is what we expected.

    CNN Transcript Nov 5, 2004 2004

  • The foreperson was a competent, extremely well organized young African-American woman, a young professional or junior executive.

    American Thinker 2009

  • They have to go select their foreperson, figure out their plan of attack here, and different juries do it different ways, said Livingston, of Chicago-based ZMF Consulting.

    Anthony jury ends 1st day without verdict 2011

  • Several years ago my mom was the foreperson on a jury hearing a retrial granted on appeal of a rape conviction.

    Discourse.net: It Takes $1 Million to Free an Innocent Man 2009

  • The decision was "very difficult," said Susan Kohlmeyer , the jury foreperson, but she said she was convinced there was a "lot of corruption" in the system.

    'Guilty' for Expert Consultant Chad Bray 2011

  • The decision was "very difficult," said Susan Kohlmeyer , the jury foreperson, but she said she was convinced there was a "lot of corruption" in the system.

    'Guilty' for Expert Consultant Chad Bray 2011

  • The jurors most likely spent Monday choosing a foreperson and figuring out how to sift through 35 days of testimony and closing arguments, legal experts say.

    Anthony jury ends 1st day without verdict 2011

  • At the end of the closing arguments, the jury briefly began deliberations, elected a foreperson, and went home.

    Terra Firma Case Goes to Jury Randall Smith 2010

  • The decision was "very difficult," said Susan Kohlmeyer , the jury foreperson, but she said she was convinced there was a "lot of corruption" in the system.

    'Guilty' for Expert Consultant Chad Bray 2011

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