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Definition of Jury system
1. Noun. A legal system for determining the facts at issue in a law suit.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Jury System
Literary usage of Jury system
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Cambridge Modern History by Adolphus William Ward, George Walter Prothero (1907)
"The jury system was much contested ; in those terribly troubled times it could not
... After many discussions and struggles the jury system, which was to ..."
2. History of Trial by Jury by William Forsyth (1875)
"Rise and Growth of the jury system for the Trial of Accusations. I do not think
it is possible to determine the exact period when the change took place, ..."
3. The Works of Jeremy Bentham by Jeremy Bentham, John Bowring (1843)
"Betwecn the jury system and the proposed quasi-jury system, ... Compared with
the jury system, this character is not peculiar to the quasi-jury system: ..."
4. Trial by Jury: A Brief Review of Its Origin, Development and Merits and by Robert Von Moschzisker (1922)
"(§ 77) Defense of jury system: Casual and fixed tribunals, Explained; (§ 78) Historic
... (§ 87) jury system essential part of our political institutions; ..."