jury trial

noun

: a trial that is decided by a jury

I demand my right to a jury trial.

Examples of jury trial in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The plaintiff is asking the court for a jury trial and over $50,000 in damages. —Julia Bonavita, FOXNews.com, 29 Mar. 2025

The filing says Worthy is seeking between $250,000 and $1 million in damages and is asking for a jury trial against Jones. —Sean Neumann, People.com, 25 Mar. 2025

In 2022, he was acquitted of his charges after a jury trial in 2022, and the charges against his wife were dismissed. —Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 24 Mar. 2025

Michael Clark, 49, was convicted in a 2012 jury trial of first-degree murder in the 1994 cold-case killing of Boulder city employee Marty Grisham, 48, who was shot to death at his home on the evening of Nov. 1, 1994. —Shelly Bradbury, The Denver Post, 24 Mar. 2025

Rhymes for jury trial

• denial
• mistrial
• posttrial
• pretrial
• retrial
• dial
• rial
• thiol
• vial
• sensorial
• supervisorial

Legal Definition

jury trial

noun

: a trial in which a jury serves as the trier of fact

called also trial by jury

compare bench trial

Note: The right to a jury trial is established in the U.S. Constitution, but it is not an absolute right. The Supreme Court has stated that petty crimes (as those carrying a sentence of up to 6 months) do not require trial by jury. The right to a jury trial in a criminal case may be waived by the “express and intelligent consent” of the defendant, usually in writing, as well as, in federal cases, the approval of the court and consent of the prosecutor. There is no right to a jury trial in equity cases. When a civil case involves both legal and equitable issues or procedure, either party may demand a jury trial (and failure to do so is taken as a waiver), but the judge may find that there is no right to a jury trial because of equitable issues or claims.