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A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor.
Donella Meadows

Meaning of "grand jury" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GRAND JURY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GRAND JURY

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Grand jury is a noun.
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WHAT DOES GRAND JURY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Grand jury

A grand jury is a legal body that is empowered to conduct official proceedings to investigate potential criminal conduct and to determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jury may compel the production of documents and may compel the sworn testimony of witnesses to appear before it. A grand jury is separate from the courts, which do not preside over its functioning. Currently, only the United States retains grand juries, although some other common law jurisdictions formerly employed them, and most other jurisdictions employ some other type of preliminary hearing. Grand juries perform both accusatory and investigatory functions. The investigatory functions of the grand jury include obtaining and reviewing documents and other evidence and hearing the sworn testimony of witnesses that appear before it. The grand jury's accusatory function is to determine whether or not there is probable cause to believe that one or more persons committed a certain offense within the venue of the district court. The "grand jury" in the United States is composed of 16 to 23 citizens. In Ireland, they also functioned as local government authorities.

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Synonyms and antonyms of grand jury in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «grand jury» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GRAND JURY

Find out the translation of grand jury to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grand jury from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grand jury» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大陪审团
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

jurado de acusación
570 millions of speakers

English

grand jury
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ग्रांड जूरी
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

هيئة محلفين كبرى
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Большое жюри
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

júri de instrução
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

আপনি উত্তর দিবেন না
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

jury d´accusation
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Juri besar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Großes Geschworenengericht
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

大陪審
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

대배심
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Grand juri
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

bồi thẩm đoàn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பெரும் நடுவர்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

ग्रँड जूरी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

büyük Jüri
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

giuria
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

jury
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

велике журі
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

marele juriu
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

ενόρκων
15 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Afrikaans

Grand jurie
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

grand jury
10 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Norwegian

grand jury
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grand jury

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAND JURY»

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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GRAND JURY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grand jury

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10 QUOTES WITH «GRAND JURY»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grand jury.
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Nellie Bly
I hardly expected the grand jury to sustain me, after they saw everything different from what it had been while I was there. Yet they did, and their report to the court advises all the changes made that I had proposed.
2
Jim Garrison
The grand jury, composed of 12 eminent New Orleans citizens, heard our evidence and indicted the defendant for participation in a conspiracy to assassinate John Kennedy.
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Alberto Gonzales
I have fully cooperated with the investigation and before the grand jury, and I'm quite confident at the end of the day that we'll know what facts are in this particular case.
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Patty Hearst
There are two other SLA members who have been granted immunity and then also, one of the SLA members had confessed to two other people, and those people, I'm sure, will be called as witnesses, as they were at the grand jury.
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Joshua Micah Marshall
That D.C. grand jury investigation of Abramoff can't go on forever. Eventually the lawyers at the Public Integrity Section will go to their bosses with some decisions about just who they want to indict. That's when Al Gonzales will have to show his cards.
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Robert P. McCulloch
The duty of the grand jury is to separate fact from fiction, after a full and impartial examination of all the evidence involved, and decide if evidence supported the filing of any criminal charges against Darren Wilson. They accepted and completed this monumental responsibility in a conscientious and expeditious manner.
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Donella Meadows
I spent my time trying to understand grand jury procedure - a topic about which I never before had the slightest interest.
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Donella Meadows
A grand jury hears only one side - that of the prosecutor.
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Ken Starr
The values of confidentiality of matters occurring before the grand jury is very important.
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Ken Starr
I don't believe anyone has leaked grand jury information.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GRAND JURY»

Discover the use of grand jury in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grand jury and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Federal Grand Jury
This book presents a broad overview of the rules and background of the federal grand jury, a needed service for anyone wishing to understand the American system of justice and its potential use in the war on terror.
Lyn Farrel, 2002
2
The Grand Jury
This classic of jurisprudence, first published in 1906 and difficult to find outside law libraries, remains the authoritative volume on the grand jury system in the United States to this day.
George J. Edwards, 2009
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Grand Jury Practice
First, while a regular grand jury serves for an indeterminate term of up to eighteen months, subject to a six month extension, a special grand jury serves "for a term of eighteen months unless an order for its discharge is entered earlier by the ...
Howard W. Goldstein, 2013
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Handbook on Antitrust Grand Jury Investigations
Multiple representation often occurs during a grand jury investigation and can be extremely beneficial for all concerned. At the initiation of a typical grand jury investigation, counsel begins working with company officers and supervisory ...
‎2002
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Federal Grand Jury
trials which often follow from a grand jury investigation, in state criminal investigations and proceedings, in civil litigation, and in administrative and legislative proceedings. The boundaries of grand jury secrecy have been defined by balancing ...
Charles Doyle, 2010
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Handbook on antitrust grand jury investigations: a project ...
This guide provides the practical benefits of a "how to do it" seminar as well as the scholarship of a treatise on grand jury procedure.
Ray V. Hartwell, Christopher J. Mugel, Joseph J. Allen, 1988
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Grand Jury: A Novel
A stint on a grand jury leads two strangers, Susan Linwood and David Clark, on a perilous odyssey in search of the truth about an international drug conspiracy.
Philip Friedman, 1996
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The presentments of the grand jury. Summer, 1824-Summer, 1898
THE piBiiaBstaiaiBHVo OF THE GRAND JURY OF THE CITY OF KILKENNY, AT Spring H0§ijc0, 1828. Held on Monday the 24th Day of March, 182.3. THE HON. JUSTICE MOOIIE. ) THE HON. SERJEANT LEFROY, ^Justices. EN, ESQ, MAY ...
‎1824
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Antitrust Law Developments (sixth)
government can, however, convene a new grand jury and transfer to it evidence gathered by expired grand juries.48 b. Subpoena Modifications or Deferrals The Antitrust Division often drafts grand jury subpoenas broadly with the intention of ...
‎2007
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Report of the Grand Jury of the Second District of Utah ...
United States. District Court. Nevada Grand Jury. -T" \ LLtcul-u (te-rrukori^). Grand- Jitrtj. EIFOBt OF TBE GRAND JURY OF.
United States. District Court. Nevada Grand Jury, 1859

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GRAND JURY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grand jury is used in the context of the following news items.
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Family slams subpoena of John Geer's teen daughter to Fairfax …
As the special grand jury investigating the Fairfax County police shooting death of John Geer prepares to meet later this month, prosecutors ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Merced grand jury tackles surrendered-baby policies, domestic wells
Members of the 2014-15 Merced County civil grand jury recommended changes to formal procedures for domestic wells, surrendered babies ... «Merced Sun-Star, Jul 15»
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Bastrop County grand jury indicts nine in July
An indictment is a formal accusation of a felony that is delivered by the grand jury after considering evidence that is presented by a prosecutor. «Austin American-Statesman, Jul 15»
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Federal grand jury indicts convicted felon with handgun
A federal grand jury indicted Stevan Joshua Rodriguez, 29, formerly of Cutler Ridge, on July 7 on charges of possession with intent to distribute ... «KeysNews.com, Jul 15»
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Police shooting justified, grand jury says
SMYRNA — After three months and two investigations, a Cobb grand jury declared Thursday a Smyrna police sergeant who shot and killed a ... «Marietta Daily Journal, Jul 15»
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Grand jury indicts 4 in July
Grand jury indicts 4 in July. Monday, July 13, 2015 2:41 PM. PAULDING – A Paulding County grand jury returned indictments against four persons on ... «The Paulding County Progress, Jul 15»
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US Attorney's office annouces Grand Jury indictments
U.S. Attorney Danny C. Williams for the Northern District of Oklahoma announced eight indictments from the July 2015 Federal Grand Jury on ... «Tulsa World, Jul 15»
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Collin County grand jury likely to hear Paxton case
Last year, after the Texas State Securities Board (SSB), which protects investors and maintains a competitive securities market in the state, ... «Star Local Media, Jul 15»
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Grand Jury indicts remaining Church Lane home invasion suspects
BURLINGTON - A Grand Jury has indicted the last two suspects involved in an October home invasion in Burlington on Church Lane, which ... «Woburn Daily Times, Jul 15»
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Car Plows Through Smyrna Business, Grand Jury Rules on Smyrna …
Car Plows Through Smyrna Business, Grand Jury Rules on Smyrna Shooting, Most Expensive Homes in Smyrna. Check out the most popular ... «Patch.com, Jul 15»

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