Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. A jury of 12 to 23 persons convened in private session to evaluate accusations against persons charged with crime and to determine whether the evidence warrants a bill of indictment.
Wiktionary
- n. 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.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. a jury of not less than twelve men, and not more than twenty-three, whose duty it is, in private session, to examine into accusations against persons charged with crime, and if they see just cause, then to find bills of indictment against them, to be presented to the court; -- called also
grand inquest .
WordNet 3.0
- n. a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments
Examples
“In real life a generation later, Monica Lewinsky told a grand jury that when the president called her from the Oval Office, the word Potus would appear on her caller ID.”
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“A grand jury was convened, and on February 9, 1935, the Richmond Times-Dispatch reported its return.”
“And even after the grand jury you'll still be a threat to Phillip Hansen because you'll have to testify at trial.”
The Coffin Dancer
“The grand jury might not indict him, no matter what we say," Percey'd pointed out.”
The Coffin Dancer
“We've got orders to take you to Shoreham and keep you in protective confinement until a grand jury appearance on Monday.”
The Coffin Dancer
“It was an inside job, and when the case finally broke and the grand jury handed out the indictments, one landed squarely in the office of the president of the United States, on the desk of Orville Babcock, private secretary to Ulysses S.”
“Percey Clay was flying back to the East Coast on an FBI jet and in just a few hours she'd be on her way to the courthouse to get ready for her grand jury appearance.”
The Coffin Dancer
“Magats asked Logan if he remembered telling a grand jury that he heard the people beating him say that the police were coming.”
“She had described J. B. Jones to the grand jury as a big man with a white beard who always wore a baseball cap and bib overalls.”
“By the time Hinnen brought me into the courtroom where the grand jury was impaneled, I was starting to feel that the worst of my worries were behind me.”
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