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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The action is set in Savannah, Georgia, where a young life-style journalist, Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult), is called to jury duty at an inconvenient time: his wife, Allison Crewson (Zoey Deutch), a teacher, is in the last trimester of a high-risk pregnancy. —

Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 30 Oct. 2024 There have been many excuses for players to miss practice in sports, but Dallas Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey reminded everyone that even the pros cannot escape jury duty. —

Scott Thompson, Fox News, 24 Oct. 2024 The good news is Aubrey did not have to miss Sunday's game as a result of his jury duty service. —

Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 Like a lot of us, Justin Kemp (Nicholas Hoult) doesn’t want his everyday life to be hijacked by the civic inconvenience commonly known as jury duty. —

David Fear, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for jury duty