1
a
: a member of a jury
b
: a person summoned to serve on a jury
2
: a person who takes an oath (as of allegiance)
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Grand jurors at the District Court for the Parish of West Baton Rouge unanimously issued an indictment against Dr. Margaret Carpenter; her company, Nightingale Medical, PC; and the minor's mother.
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Sara Cline and Geoff Mulvihill The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 1 Feb. 2025
To assist their deliberations, jurors have about 100 pages of legal instructions, dozens of undercover recordings, and hundreds of emails, texts and other documents entered into evidence.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
For more on evidence that O.J. Simpson trial jurors never saw, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands this week.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
In this case, jurors found that Shyamalan didn’t steal protectable elements of Gregorini’s film, which allegedly included everything from plot, characters and directing to camera angles, lighting, props and set design, in the Apple TV+ series.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
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Sara Cline and Geoff Mulvihill The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 1 Feb. 2025
To assist their deliberations, jurors have about 100 pages of legal instructions, dozens of undercover recordings, and hundreds of emails, texts and other documents entered into evidence.
—Megan Crepeau, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2025
For more on evidence that O.J. Simpson trial jurors never saw, subscribe now to PEOPLE or pick up this week's issue, on newsstands this week.
—Liam Quinn, People.com, 29 Jan. 2025
In this case, jurors found that Shyamalan didn’t steal protectable elements of Gregorini’s film, which allegedly included everything from plot, characters and directing to camera angles, lighting, props and set design, in the Apple TV+ series.
—Winston Cho, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 Jan. 2025
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“Juror.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/juror. Accessed 8 Feb. 2025.
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juror
noun
ju·ror
ˈju̇r-ər, -ˌȯr 
: a member of a jury
an alternate juror
broadly
: an individual who is summoned but not yet selected to serve on a jury
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