What is meant by jury duty in the law?

Answer 1

A Jury is a group of randomly picked citizens of a country brought together by a court of law in that country to sit and hear the evidence presented in a legal (usually but not always criminal) trial and to decide (together) in private weather that evidence convinces them, beyond reasonable doubt, that the person being tried in the court did the things he or she is accused of (guilt or innocence).

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The dictionary definitions are as followed:

1. A group of persons sworn to render a verdict or true answer on a question or questions officially submitted to them.

2. Such a group selected according to law and sworn to inquire into or determine the facts concerning a cause or an accusation submitted to them and to render a verdict to a court.Compare grand jury, petty jury.

3. A group of persons chosen to adjudge prizes, awards, etc., as in a competition.

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A jury is the group of people someone else picked to make an unbiased decision of some kind.

Answer 2

In the UK it is an important public serivce if you don't have a good reason to attend you may have to pay a fine of £1000

Answer:To listen to the testimony and evidence produced by both sides and then, fairly and impartially, render a verdict based on the facts as they see them and on the law as instructed by the judge. Answer:To listen attentively to the testimony presented at trial, and to rationally come to a consensus on a verdict in accordance with with the testimony given, evidence presented, and the judge's instructions on the applicable law(s).

Additionally, Anglo-American legal tradition has the concept of "Jury Nullification", wherein if the jury knows the person is guilty of violating a law that they feel is unjust, that they can return a verdict of "not guilty" anyway. Even in violation of the modern practice of having juror's swear "oaths" to do as the judge says.

This judging of the law, as well as the facts of the case, does violate the juror's oath that some say is the government's way of trying to get rid of jury nullification, but is according to others a duty.

Many rights enjoyed in Britain and America are due to jury nullification, and sometimes laws felt to be unjust - such as the Fugtive Slave act or Prohibition - have been "virtually" overturned, due to the state's inability to get a conviction for the violation of them.

Answer:To listen impartially to the evidence that is presented and to deliver a verdict based solely on the evidence that they have heard.

Answer 3

The basic duty of a jury is to provide a rational and impartial verdict (decision) to a case submitted by the court. They may also set a judgment or penalty at a trial as well. The most common type of jury in the public is the petit jury, where a group of people (jurors) hears the evidence in a trial and deliberates to render a verdict. Another type of jury is a grand jury that is exclusive to some areas in the US and its function is to determine whether there is enough evidence for a trial to go forward and be prosecuted in the court.

Answer 4

Jury duty refers to the requirement that a person serve, or be available to serve, on a jury in their area. Typically jury duty is required for a limited number of days service or lack of service exempts someone from being called again for a set number of years varying from state to state.

Answer 5

A Jury summons is a call to the Jury, which you must answer to, unless you come under the exempt category, which varies in each country.