1
a
: a member of a jury
b
: a person summoned to serve on a jury
2
: a person who takes an oath (as of allegiance)
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The video was shown to jurors after Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Cristina Miranda explained that the edited recording should be treated like any other testimony presented during trial.
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Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Circumstantial evidence at issue In Minnesota, jurors are instructed to treat direct and circumstantial evidence the same, and that the law does not prefer one form of evidence over the other.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026
Deputy District Attorney Scott Pirrello told jurors that the abrupt presence of his sister, who moved into the home following a sudden separation from her husband, set Bushey off.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
The jurors awarded Boyd’s estate eighty million dollars.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
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Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 25 Feb. 2026
Circumstantial evidence at issue In Minnesota, jurors are instructed to treat direct and circumstantial evidence the same, and that the law does not prefer one form of evidence over the other.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 25 Feb. 2026
Deputy District Attorney Scott Pirrello told jurors that the abrupt presence of his sister, who moved into the home following a sudden separation from her husband, set Bushey off.
—City News Service, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 Feb. 2026
The jurors awarded Boyd’s estate eighty million dollars.
—Jennifer Gonnerman, New Yorker, 25 Feb. 2026
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“Juror.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juror. Accessed 2 Mar. 2026.
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juror
noun
ju·ror
ˈju̇r-ər, -ˌȯr 
: a member of a jury
an alternate juror
broadly
: an individual who is summoned but not yet selected to serve on a jury
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