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GRAND JURY

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Dictionary entry overview: What does grand jury mean?

• GRAND JURY (noun)
The noun GRAND JURY has 1 sense:

1. a jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments

Familiarity information: GRAND JURY used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GRAND JURY (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

A jury to inquire into accusations of crime and to evaluate the grounds for indictments

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("grand jury" is a kind of...):

jury (a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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