English Dictionary

grand jury

名詞

(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.

日本語の意味

政府が召集した市民で構成され、被告に対する証拠を聴取し、犯罪で起訴すべきかどうかを判断する陪審団（大陪審団）

The prosecutor presented new evidence to the grand jury to support the indictment.

検察官は起訴を裏付ける新たな証拠を大陪審に提示した。

意味（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.

Though the current wave of die-ins began after grand juries in Ferguson and New York City refused to indict the cops who used lethal force against Michael Brown and Eric Garner, they tap into a deep well of what professor Salamishah Tillet calls “civic estrangement” from a state that ignores excessive police violence against black and brown people.

意味（2）

(law) The legal process that uses such a jury

grand juries （ plural ）