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

Williams announced in September that a federal grand jury had returned a three-count indictment of Combs alleging crimes so heinous that a judge has refused three requests to free him on bail. —Robin Abcarian, The Mercury News, 27 Dec. 2024

Several of those witnesses have also testified under oath before a federal grand jury and in a civil litigation. —Ted Johnson, Deadline, 23 Dec. 2024

Read the New York grand jury's indictment against Mangione in full below: 09:56 AM EST Small crowd gathers outside Pennsylvania courthouse for Mangione A small crowd of people have gathered outside the Pennsylvania courthouse where Luigi Mangione has hearings today. —Hannah Parry, Newsweek, 19 Dec. 2024

On Tuesday, a Manhattan grand jury indicted Mangione for murder as an act of terrorism, criminal possession of a weapon and criminal possession of a forged instrument. —Emma Bowman, NPR, 19 Dec. 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