juror

juror
A person on the jury list or roll-any person in a county, city, district, or other venue listed for jury service for a definite period, such as a year, or for an indefinite period. A person whose name has been drawn from the jury list or roll and placed in the jury wheel or box. In common usage, a venireman–a person whose name has been drawn from the wheel for a venire or special venire and who has been summoned by a writ of venire and is thereby upon the jury panel for a term of court, or part of a term, or a panel from which jurors are to be selected for a particular case. 31 Am J Rev ed Jur § 3. Most narrowly defined, a member of a jury which has been sworn to try a case. Anno: 34 ALR 1119.

Ballentine's law dictionary. . 1998.

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  • juror — ju·ror / ju̇r ər, ˌȯr/ n: a member of a jury an alternate juror; broadly: an individual who is summoned but not yet selected to serve on a jury Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 …   Law dictionary

  • juror — ju‧ror [ˈdʒʊərə ǁ ˈdʒʊrər] noun [countable] LAW a member of a jury: • The jurors failed to agree on a verdict. * * * juror UK US /ˈdʒʊərər/ noun [C] LAW ► someone who is a member of a jury: potential/prospective juror » …   Financial and business terms

  • Juror — Ju ror, n. [F. jureur one who takes oath, L. jurator a swearer, fr. jurare, jurari, to swear. See {Jury}, n.] [1913 Webster] 1. (Law) A member of a jury; a juryman. [1913 Webster] I shall both find your lordship judge and juror. Shak. [1913… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • juror — {{/stl 13}}{{stl 8}}rz. mos I, Mc. jurororze; lm M. jurororzy {{/stl 8}}{{stl 7}} członek jury : {{/stl 7}}{{stl 10}}Sprawiedliwy juror. Być powołanym na jurora. Werdykt jurorów. <ang.> {{/stl 10}} …   Langenscheidt Polski wyjaśnień

  • Juror — (engl., spr. dschū ), Mitglied einer Jury (s. d.) …   Meyers Großes Konversations-Lexikon

  • Juror — (engl., spr. dschurŏr), Mitglied einer Jury …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • juror — (n.) c.1300 (attested from late 12c. in Anglo Latin), from Anglo Fr. jurour (late 13c.; O.Fr. jureor), from L. iuratorem (nom. iurator) swearer, agent noun from iurare to swear (see JURY (Cf. jury) (n.)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • juror — a member of a jury, is spelt or. The term juryman fast disappearing, and jurywoman is almost extinct except in occasional historical reference. A jurist is an expert in law, and in AmE a lawyer or judge …   Modern English usage

  • juror — ► NOUN 1) a member of a jury. 2) historical a person taking an oath …   English terms dictionary

  • juror — [joor′ər, joor′ôr΄] n. [ME jurour < Anglo Fr < OFr jureor < L jurator, taker of an oath < jurare, to swear: see JURY1] 1. a member of a jury or jury panel 2. a person taking an oath, as of allegiance …   English World dictionary

  • juror — Member of jury. In addition to regular jurors, term includes special and alternate jurors. @ alternate juror Additional juror impanelled in case of sickness or disability of another juror; generally in trials of expectedly long duration.… …   Black's law dictionary

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