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petit jury

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

A regular trial jury, assembled to determine criminal or civil liability.

Equivalents

Françaispetit jury

Examples

Though far smaller than Greek juries (some five hundred jurors had sat in judgment of Socrates), American grand juries, criminal petit juries, and civil juries would enable ordinary Americans to participate directly and daily in American government.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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