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Definition of Jury duty
1. Noun. The civic duty to serve on a jury.
Definition of Jury duty
1. Noun. A period of time during which a person is obliged to be a member of a panel of people who may be called as members of one or more juries. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jury Duty
Literary usage of Jury duty
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Peer Justice and Youth Empowerment: An Implementation Guide for Teen Court by Tracy M. Godwin, David J. Steinhart, Betsy A. Fulton (1997)
"Figure 6-3: Youth Perspective on jury duty Requirement However, the diversity
... Interestingly, both groups had similar concerns when jury duty and jury ..."
2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1906)
"... not only the authority to determine what men have these qualifications, but
how many of such men shall be selected for jury duty In the county. ..."
3. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1912)
"The knowledge which men acquire in the rugged school of experience is a valuable
asset to them, when they are called upon to perform jury duty. ..."
4. Bouvier's Law Dictionary and Concise Encyclopedia by John Bouvier, Francis Rawle (1914)
"A mechanical contrivance, usually a circular box revolving on a crank, in which
the names of persons subject to jury duty are placed, by the officers, ..."
5. The Northwest Coast by James Gilchrist Swan (1857)
"... but as the line liad not been run, it was a subject of constant debate every
time there was any election or any jury duty to perform; and, ..."
6. Women Under the Law of Massachusetts: Their Rights, Privileges, and Disabilities by Henry Harrison Sprague (1884)
"... is exempt, if her whole estate does not exceed one thousand dollars exclusive
of property otherwise exempted by law.1 MILITARY AND jury duty. ..."
7. A Treatise on the Law of Trials in Actions Civil and Criminal by Seymour Dwight Thompson, Marion C. Early (1912)
"Exemption from jury duty.—The right of exemption from jury duty need not be much
considered;71 because, unless the statute creating the exemption is couched ..."
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