jury duty
noun
: service on a jury (a group of people who make a decision in a legal case)
He was selected for jury duty.
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Besides convictions for extortion and counterfeiting, his catalog of misdeeds included banditry, sedition and, on four occasions, failing to show up for jury duty at the court of the Roman governor.
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Franz Lidz, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Joining Ade on jury duty are King Richard director Reinaldo Marcus Green, French singer-songwriter Camélia Jordana, Croatian writer-director Nebojša Slijepčević (The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent), and José María Prado, the former director of Filmoteca Española.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025
Is jury duty a violation of one’s personal freedom?
—Chris Talgo, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
From Keystone, Colorado, to Sandy Springs, Georgia, sheriffs and police departments are warning residents about impersonators who claim their marks have missed jury duty and must pay fines or face arrest.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
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Franz Lidz, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Joining Ade on jury duty are King Richard director Reinaldo Marcus Green, French singer-songwriter Camélia Jordana, Croatian writer-director Nebojša Slijepčević (The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent), and José María Prado, the former director of Filmoteca Española.
—Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025
Is jury duty a violation of one’s personal freedom?
—Chris Talgo, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025
From Keystone, Colorado, to Sandy Springs, Georgia, sheriffs and police departments are warning residents about impersonators who claim their marks have missed jury duty and must pay fines or face arrest.
—Bracey Harris, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for jury duty
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“Jury duty.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/jury%20duty. Accessed 12 May. 2025.
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