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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Despite the theft, the woman went back inside and completed her jury duty for the day. Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 8 Dec. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for jury duty 

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Legal Definition

jury duty

noun
: the obligation to serve on a jury
also : service on a jury

called also jury service

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