juror

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(jʊr'ər, -ôr') pronunciation
n.
  1. Law.
    1. One who serves as a member of a jury.
    2. One who awaits or is called for service on a jury.
  2. One who serves on a deliberative body analogous to a jury.

[Middle English jurour, from Anglo-Norman, from Latin iūrātor, swearer, from iūrāre, to swear. See jury1.]



a member of a jury, is spelt -or. The term juryman fast disappearing, and jurywoman is almost extinct except in occasional historical reference. A jurist is an expert in law, and in American English a lawyer or judge.

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Person sworn as member of a jury, a person selected for jury duty, but not yet chosen for a particular case.
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IN BRIEF: Someone who serves with a group to hear the facts of a court case and reach a verdict.

pronunciation The juror was not allowed to talk about the court case until a verdict had been reached.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - nævning, medlem af dommerkomité, en der aflægger ed

Nederlands (Dutch)
jurylid, gezworene

Français (French)
n. - juré

Deutsch (German)
n. - Geschworener, Schöffe

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κριτής, ελλανοδίκης, (νομ.) ένορκος

Italiano (Italian)
giurato, arbitro

Português (Portuguese)
n. - jurado (m) (Jur.)

Русский (Russian)
присяжный заседатель, член жюри, приносящий присягу

Español (Spanish)
n. - jurado, miembro de un jurado

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - jurymedlem, (pris)domare

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
陪审员, 审查委员

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 陪審員, 審查委員

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 배심원, 선서자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 陪審員, 宣誓者, 審査員

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) محلف‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮חבר בחבר-מושבעים, שופט בתחרות‬


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