NOUN
- a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings
How To Use petit jury In A Sentence
- It differs from petit jury in that it does not decide questions of guilt or innocence.
- The petit jury listens to the evidence offered by the prosecution and the defense (if it chooses to offer any) during a criminal trial and returns a verdict of guilty or not guilty.
- One of twelve men, called a petit jury, whose duty it is to try causes, civil or criminal, in the county court and sessions, or circuit and oyer and terminer. Civil Government for Common Schools
