hung jury

noun

law

: a jury whose members cannot agree about what the verdict should be

The trial ended with a hung jury and the judge declared a mistrial.

Examples of hung jury in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The idea is to blow up any impasse to avoid a hung jury and mistrial. — Rebekah Riess, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2026

Will prosecutors retry Lindsay Clancy if trial ends in hung jury? — N'dea Yancey-Bragg, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

As for whether the trial could end in a hung jury, Reddington projected confidence at the idea of a retrial. — Blayne Alexander, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026

The defense usually doesn’t like it because again, a hung jury favors them, but oftentimes the prosecution will ask for it and the judge will give it. — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 1 Sep. 2026

Rhymes for hung jury

• verdure
• buri
• fury

Legal Definition

hung jury

noun

: a jury whose members are unable to agree on a verdict