Definition of juror in US English: juror
noun 1 A member of a jury.
Example sentences
‘No one suggests the jurors could be sued for negligence because they made a wrong decision.’ ‘After a 51-day trial the jury acquitted; the jurors seemed to dislike the legislation.’ ‘A judge declared a hung jury after jurors said they were hopelessly deadlocked.’ ‘What would we say, for example, if a juror brought habeas corpus against the bailiff?’ ‘She stared at the judge as the head juror spoke the jury's personal message.’ ‘Current grand jury secrecy rules apply only to jurors, prosecutors and courtroom staff.’ ‘And I have been heartened by the knowledge that judges have sat on juries or been potential jurors in the USA.’ ‘It is clear from the papers that the two jurors identified in this letter were themselves members of ethnic minority communities.’ ‘A basic predicate of jury service is the juror's ability to render a fair and impartial verdict.’ ‘For every ‘cause’ challenge to a juror, the attorney making the challenge must give a reason.’ ‘But it also avoids the half remembered, anachronistic memory of the juror in the jury room.’ ‘A majority of the jurors were members of a political party that owned the company which had published the alleged libel.’ ‘This is a case where the jury that was empanelled were 15 jurors to hear the evidence.’ ‘The jury had been deliberating for more than eight hours when the majority verdict of 11 jurors was taken.’ ‘Obviously that's a very subjective sieve to push through a juror, because the juror has to make an introspective judgment of himself.’ ‘There is no basis for any criticism of these jurors, nor for the jury as a whole.’ ‘The 12 jurors were the second jury to hear the case - last October the first jury failed to reach a verdict.’ ‘If jurors you think are sympathetic to you get on the jury and bad jurors for you get off, you're happy.’ ‘At least half of the benefit of jury questioning is the ability to observe a juror's demeanor.’ ‘The judge exempted all the jurors from jury service for five years because it had been a difficult case.’ 1.1 historical A person taking an oath, especially one of allegiance. Example sentences
‘If the Biblical or the mishnaic oath is imposed, the juror must swear by the name of Yhwh and must hold a Bible or a sacred object in his hands.’ Origin Late Middle English: from Old French jureor, from Latin jurator, from jurare ‘swear’, from jus, jur- ‘law’.