grand jury

noun

: a jury that examines accusations against persons charged with crime and if the evidence warrants makes formal charges (as by indictment)

grand juror noun

Examples of grand jury in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Samuel Elmo Machado, 45, and Tammy Kiku Machado, 46, who worked as a legal secretary, submitted letters of resignation March 17, Lopez said outside his offices an hour after District Attorney Jeff Reisig’s office announced the criminal grand jury indictments. —Sacbee.com, 11 Apr. 2026

Kaori’s mother vehemently denied that her fiancé was the target, and Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez partially walked that back Tuesday when announcing grand jury indictments against the two suspects. —Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 11 Apr. 2026

Court documents filed this week ahead of the arraignment and bond review hearing Friday give limited insight into the grand jury proceedings. —ABC News, 10 Apr. 2026

Instead, Perera, after receiving a grand jury subpoena more than five years ago, chose to flip on them and got to keep his multimillion-dollar commission on the Venezuelan deal, a remarkable outcome for the Miami real estate developer with a cocaine-trafficking conviction in the late 1990s. —Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 10 Apr. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for grand jury

• buri
• fury

Kids Definition

grand jury

noun

: a jury that chiefly examines accusations of crime made against persons and if the evidence warrants makes formal charges on which the accused persons are later tried

Legal Definition

grand jury

noun

: a jury that examines accusations against persons charged with crime and if the evidence warrants makes formal charges on which the accused persons are later tried see also no bill and true bill at bill sense 3b, indictment compare petit jury, special grand jury