jury system
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3.4
- noun
- /ˈdʒʊəri ˈsɪstəm/
:
sistema de jurado
- The jury system allows ordinary people to participate in the legal process and help decide court cases.
Examples
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One of the reasons that more than 80% of crimes in America result in plea bargains is that the jury system is based upon an associative system of trust, and it turns out that this system is both expensive and inefficient when applied to the demands of modern living.
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That they do so is one of the strengths of the jury system.
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Thank God for the jury system.
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I prefer to remember his views on the British jury system.
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Across the nation, there are calls to reform the jury system.
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I strongly believe in the American jury system.
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Ontario uses the jury system more, but not very often in product liability cases.
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We should not tinker with the jury system lightly.
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I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in our jury system.
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We are extremely hostile toward any case that violates the principle of judicial independence, and we consistently advocate the establishment of a jury system in Taiwan so that our democracy can mature and be more appealing to the people.
Academic text (2000)
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'jury' (a body sworn to reach a verdict) combined with 'system' (a formal set of procedures) yields a system that uses juries to decide trials. This is a literal, cross-linguistically common construction, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand the phrase.
Etymology
Jury system comes from old courts where a group of ordinary people were chosen to promise to tell the truth about what they knew in a case. So, the jury was the group that decided what had happened, and the system is the legal way that lets citizens give the decision in a trial.