grand jury
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6.2
- noun
- /ɡrænd ˈdʒʊəri/
- Formal
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gran jurado
- I'll have this thing in front of a grand jury by Monday.
- grand jury indicts
- grand jury subpoena
- testify before a grand jury
And then he's the one that oversaw the P Diddy grand jury and his prosecution.
- And then he's the one that oversaw the P Diddy grand jury and his prosecution.
- Now explain to me why you can't defend yourself in front of the grand jury because you don't.
- Whenever they put you through a federal process with secret grand juries and FBI raids, it is hell.
- But the grand jury that Pontinger oversaw?
- She not bad enough to go in front of the grand jury on their behalf.
- Booyah grand jury, cable news, Tell us why the grand jury was impaneled.
- Atel, by the way, was like the players acquitted by the grand jury.
- This isn't Navalny, this is a grand jury was impaneled of normal New Yorkers, not Alvin Bragg.
Examples
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" If you put me before a grand jury, I will tell the truth.
Fiction book (1995) -
The purpose of the prosecutor, much like the purpose of the grand jury, is to search for truth.
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- Go ahead with your grand jury investigation.
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Your client can answer my questions here or he can answer them in front of a grand jury.
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There'll be a grand jury by noon tomorrow.
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I've read the grand jury testimony.
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Both federal and state grand juries continue looking into that and other drug pricing matters.
Academic text (2002) -
After their exhaustive review of the evidence, the grand jury deliberated over two days, making their final decision.
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After hearing him and other witnesses, the grand jury refused to indict Harper.
Academic text (1995) -
The grand jury decided to indict the suspect after hearing all the testimonies.
Surface Forms
Morphology
The word 'jury' clearly signals a legal body, so learners can infer this is a type of jury, but 'grand' does not retain its common sense of 'magnificent' here and instead marks a specific legal institution (a larger/special jury that considers indictments). A B1 learner who knows the constituents might guess it's a special or more important jury but would not be able to derive the precise procedural meaning (examining accusations and issuing indictments) without prior exposure or legal knowledge.
Etymology
Grand jury comes from the idea of a 'grand' or large group. In the past a bigger group called the grand jury looked at accusations to see if there was enough proof to 'charge' someone instead of deciding guilt at a trial. That's why today a grand jury decides whether to bring charges.