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A jury is a sworn body of people (jurors) convened to hear evidence, make findings of fact, and render an impartial verdict officially submitted to them...

instructing a jury against nullification, view a jury as a body charged with judging both law and fact. Some view it as a violation of the oath sworn by jurors...

A grand jury is a jury—a group of citizens—empowered by law to conduct legal proceedings, investigate potential criminal conduct, and determine whether...

Jury selection is the selection of the people who will serve on a jury during a jury trial. The group of potential jurors (the "jury pool,” also known...

attaches in jury trial when the jury is empaneled and sworn in, in a bench trial when the court begins to hear evidence after the first witness is sworn in, or...

19th century, a system was formed where the mayor, with the help of a sworn jury (community policeman), convened "councilors." However, even in this case...

thought to have favorable tort laws and sympathetic juries. Before the jury in the Pynex trial has been sworn in, a stealth juror, Nicholas Easter, has begun...

Juror's oath, an oath taken by jurors at the beginning of jury selection or trial Pauper's oath, a sworn statement or oath by a person that he or she is completely...

compurgation, or trial by ordeal. During the 11th and 12th centuries, juries were sworn to decide property disputes but it was the Roman Catholic Church's...

and mileage of the jury, including the fees and mileage for the trial jury panel if the trial jury has not yet been selected and sworn. If more than one...

County to Orlando. Jury selection took longer than expected and ended on May 20, with twelve jurors and five alternates being sworn in. The panel comprised...

arose over the assessments, so the justiciar ordered them to be made by a sworn jury in every hundred. It is likely that those jurors were elected. In foreign...

The jury and public are delighted with the Judge, although he has just admitted to the same wrong of which the Defendant is accused. The jury is sworn in...

A juror's oath is used to swear in jurors at the beginning of jury selection or trial. In a New South Wales juror's oath, the juror promises to "...well...

made a statement under penalty of perjury even if the person has not been sworn or affirmed as a witness before an appropriate official. An example is the...

African-American to be elected New York County District Attorney. Bragg was sworn into office on January 1, 2022. On January 4, 2022, after three days in...

the first of a former U.S. president, was approved by a Manhattan grand jury on March 30, 2023. Trump traveled from his residence in Florida to New York...

telephone conversations. In January 1998, Tripp discovered that Lewinsky had sworn an affidavit in the Paula Jones case, denying a relationship with Clinton...

racially motivated plot against Simpson. When asked under oath (with the jury not present), Fuhrman declined to answer all questions, invoking his Fifth...

back. Defense attorney Leo F. Drummond offers to stand for Rudy as Rudy is sworn in before the judge. Afterwards, Rudy discovers that the FBI has raided...