"grand jury" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: grand juries [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English graunde jurie, from Anglo-Norman graund juree. Named because it typically has more jurors than the petit jury. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|graunde jurie}} Middle English graunde jurie, {{der|en|xno|graund juree}} Anglo-Norman graund juree Head templates: {{en-noun}} grand jury (plural grand juries)
  1. (law) A group of citizens assembled by the government to hear evidence against an accused, and determine whether an indictment for a crime should be brought. Categories (topical): Law Translations (Translations): 大陪審團 /大陪审团 (daai⁶ pui⁴ sam² tyun⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 大陪審團 /大陪审团 (dà péishěntuán) (Chinese Mandarin), vandemeeste kogu (Estonian), valamiehistö (Finnish), suuri valamiehistö (Finnish), grand jury [masculine] (French), Grand Jury [feminine] (German), חָבֵר מושבעים גָּדוֹל [masculine] (Hebrew), vádesküdtszék (Hungarian), nagy esküdtszék (Hungarian), vádemelő esküdtszék (Hungarian), ard-ghiúiré [masculine] (Irish), grand jury [masculine] (Italian), 大陪審 (daibaishin) (alt: だいばいしん) (Japanese), 대배심 (daebaesim) (Korean), storjury [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), большо́е жюри́ (bolʹšóje žurí) [neuter] (Russian), больша́я колле́гия прися́жных (bolʹšája kollégija prisjážnyx) [feminine] (Russian), вѐлика по̏рота (vèlika pȍrota) [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gran jurado [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-grand_jury-en-noun-8aor7ggO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: law Disambiguation of 'Translations': 93 7
  2. (law) The legal process that uses such a jury Categories (topical): Law, Collectives Related terms: petit jury, jury trial
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      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Translations",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gran jurado"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "grand jury"
  ],
  "word": "grand jury"
}

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