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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Blackman said there is generally no legal issue with broad discussions about jury nullification or jury power, provided organizers are not attempting to influence a specific case or target individuals summoned for jury duty.
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
Dundee police said a caller who claimed to be a Monroe County Sheriff's deputy falsely told the local woman there was a federal warrant for her arrest for missing jury duty.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Yet Sorry, Baby doesn’t elide Agnes’s trauma, either; it is punctuated with moments—from Agnes answering a jury duty summons to a third-act revelation that begets a panic attack—to indicate, in no uncertain terms, that she’s been affected on a cellular level.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
For most people, jury duty will be one day of chilling in the jury lounge.
—Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 2025
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Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 1 Jan. 2026
Dundee police said a caller who claimed to be a Monroe County Sheriff's deputy falsely told the local woman there was a federal warrant for her arrest for missing jury duty.
—Paula Wethington, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
Yet Sorry, Baby doesn’t elide Agnes’s trauma, either; it is punctuated with moments—from Agnes answering a jury duty summons to a third-act revelation that begets a panic attack—to indicate, in no uncertain terms, that she’s been affected on a cellular level.
—Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 Dec. 2025
For most people, jury duty will be one day of chilling in the jury lounge.
—Kristina Davis, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Nov. 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 11 Jan. 2026.
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