"lay judge" meaning in English

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          "roman": "guómín fǎguān",
          "sense": "lay person who is judge",
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          "sense": "lay person who is judge",
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          "word": "domsmand"
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          "sense": "lay person who is judge",
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          "sense": "lay person who is judge",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Laienrichter"
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          "sense": "lay person who is judge",
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          "sense": "lay person who is judge",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "ülnök"
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          "roman": "saiban'in",
          "sense": "lay person who is judge",
          "word": "裁判員"
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          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "lay person who is judge",
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          "word": "meddommer"
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      "roman": "guómín fǎguān",
      "sense": "lay person who is judge",
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      "sense": "lay person who is judge",
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      "word": "přísedící"
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      "sense": "lay person who is judge",
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      "word": "domsmand"
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      "sense": "lay person who is judge",
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      "sense": "lay person who is judge",
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      "sense": "lay person who is judge",
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      "sense": "lay person who is judge",
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