SINCE 1828
special jury
nounLegal Definition of special jury
: a specially selected panel of jurors called upon request of a party from a list of presumably more intelligent or knowledgeable prospective jurors for a case involving complicated issues of fact or serious felonies
— called also
blue-ribbon jury, struck jury
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