petit jury

English Thesaurus

1. a jury of 12 to determine the facts and decide the issue in civil or criminal proceedings (noun.group)

hypernym	:	jury,
definition	:	a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law (noun.group)

member holonym	:	petit juror, petty juror,
definition	:	a member of a petit jury (noun.person)

domain category	:	jurisprudence, law,
definition	:	the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group)