juror

«juror» in Mova's school dictionary: one of the ordinary adult citizens on a jury, the group… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a juror, jurors)

meaning for a pupil

(law) A juror is one of the ordinary adult citizens on a jury, the group who listen to a trial in court and decide if the accused person is guilty or not guilty. tree →

sense in the lessons

Citizenship and law lessons: in the UK, the USA, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and Ireland, adults can be called to be jurors; they must be fair and listen to the evidence. It tells the reader about a trial.

examples

• Twelve jurors listened to the trial. tree →
• The juror took notes during the evidence. tree →
• Jurors must not talk about the case outside court. tree →
• Mum was called to be a juror. tree →
• The jurors decided the man was not guilty. tree →
• Each juror promised to be fair. tree →

note

Plural: jurors. The group is a «jury». Spelling ends «-or». Jurors are ordinary people, not lawyers.

In the corpora

• The jurors are writing down their own names, in case they forget them before the end.
• Some jurors write «important» and some «unimportant»; Alice thinks «it doesn't matter a bit».

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «juror» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.