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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Joining Ade on jury duty are King Richard director Reinaldo Marcus Green, French singer-songwriter Camélia Jordana, Croatian writer-director Nebojša Slijepčević (The Man Who Could Not Remain Silent), and José María Prado, the former director of Filmoteca Española. Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 25 Apr. 2025 Is jury duty a violation of one’s personal freedom? Chris Talgo, The Orlando Sentinel, 31 Mar. 2025 From Keystone, Colorado, to Sandy Springs, Georgia, sheriffs and police departments are warning residents about impersonators who claim their marks have missed jury duty and must pay fines or face arrest. Bracey Harris, NBC News, 13 Feb. 2025 Some 500 Glynn County residents received notice of jury duty – a larger number than usual – as the court worked to seat an impartial panel of 12 jurors plus alternates, according to the AP. Dakin Andone, CNN, 21 Jan. 2025 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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