jury trial

noun

: a trial that is decided by a jury

I demand my right to a jury trial.

Examples of jury trial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The filing doesn’t specify how much money the woman is seeking in damages and requests a jury trial. —Olivia Lloyd, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025

Federal and state rules of procedure are structured so that a civil jury trial is waived by default and must be affirmatively demanded. —Richard Lorren Jolly, The Conversation, 5 Sep. 2025

The complaint requests a jury trial. —Kelli Arseneau, jsonline.com, 4 Sep. 2025

In recent weeks, a Cook County judge finally set aside time in November to hear Urbina’s jury trial, while a motion to suppress evidence gathered at the crime scene was also denied. —Sam Charles, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025

Rhymes for jury trial

• denial
• mistrial
• posttrial
• pretrial
• retrial
• dial
• rial
• thiol
• vial
• sensorial
• supervisorial

Legal Definition

jury trial

noun

: a trial in which a jury serves as the trier of fact

called also trial by jury

compare bench trial

Note: The right to a jury trial is established in the U.S. Constitution, but it is not an absolute right. The Supreme Court has stated that petty crimes (as those carrying a sentence of up to 6 months) do not require trial by jury. The right to a jury trial in a criminal case may be waived by the “express and intelligent consent” of the defendant, usually in writing, as well as, in federal cases, the approval of the court and consent of the prosecutor. There is no right to a jury trial in equity cases. When a civil case involves both legal and equitable issues or procedure, either party may demand a jury trial (and failure to do so is taken as a waiver), but the judge may find that there is no right to a jury trial because of equitable issues or claims.