grand jury

noun

: a jury that examines accusations against persons charged with crime and if the evidence warrants makes formal charges (as by indictment)

grand juror noun

Examples of grand jury in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

District Attorney Greg Willis announced the indictment after presenting evidence to the grand jury. —Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026

Earlier this year, for instance, Minnesota's secretary of state received grand jury subpoenas seeking a limited number of individual voter records as part of a federal investigation into whether noncitizens are registered to vote or have unlawfully cast ballots. —Sarah N. Lynch, CBS News, 12 June 2026

The transcripts released Tuesday showed that after a grand jury had refused to indict six Operation Midway Blitz protesters on conspiracy charges, prosecutors returned a week later to try again, but ran into even more skepticism. —Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026

District Attorney Tom Selleck has said the case will ultimately be presented to a grand jury. —Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 12 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for grand jury

• verdure
• buri
• fury

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