grand jury

noun

: a jury that examines accusations against persons charged with crime and if the evidence warrants makes formal charges on which the accused persons are later tried

grand juror noun

Examples of grand jury in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Her attorney Gloria Allred declined to comment on whether Graves played any part in the grand jury proceedings that led to Southern District of New York prosecutors arresting Combs last week. —Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 24 Sep. 2024

Routh is currently charged through a criminal complaint, which doesn't require prosecutors to convince a grand jury to indict him on the charges. —Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 21 Sep. 2024

Lewis Lent is indicted for the murder of Jimmy Bernardo More than three years after Jimmy Bernardo's death, Lent is indicted by a grand jury for kidnapping and murdering the boy. —Michael Loftus, CBS News, 20 Sep. 2024

The charge came out of a 2024 indictment from a grand jury and carries a maximum sentence of up to 25 years in prison. —Caitlin Huston, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Sep. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

grand jury

noun

: a jury that chiefly examines accusations of crime made against persons and if the evidence warrants makes formal charges on which the accused persons are later tried

Legal Definition

grand jury

noun

: a jury that examines accusations against persons charged with crime and if the evidence warrants makes formal charges on which the accused persons are later tried see also no bill and true bill at bill sense 3b, indictment compare petit jury, special grand jury