The obligation to act or a period of acting as a member of a jury in court.
the bill exempts nursing mothers from jury duty
my wife was on jury duty recently
Example sentencesExamples
Earlier in the year I did 14 weeks of jury duty.
Congratulations on performing jury duty - it's a task many people try to avoid, but our justice system does depend in part on people serving on juries.
She first received a jury duty notice in January but received a postponement because she was pregnant.
Most people would prefer to avoid jury duty.
Apparently I'm exempt from jury duty as my father is in the Police and I may have a 'biased' view towards the matter.
If signed into law, the legislation would make immigrants who are legal permanent residents eligible for jury duty.
The star has been picked for jury duty, but he doesn't believe he will have to sit through a trial.
Some of his friends thought he was "lucky" to be called for jury duty in this case.
She headed back to work after an early dismissal from jury duty.
I recently rode 8 miles in the dark on a 26 degree morning to serve jury duty.
Definition of jury duty in US English:
jury duty
noun
North American
The obligation to act or a period of acting as a member of a jury in court.
the bill exempts nursing mothers from jury duty
my wife was on jury duty recently
Example sentencesExamples
She first received a jury duty notice in January but received a postponement because she was pregnant.
Earlier in the year I did 14 weeks of jury duty.
Apparently I'm exempt from jury duty as my father is in the Police and I may have a 'biased' view towards the matter.
Congratulations on performing jury duty - it's a task many people try to avoid, but our justice system does depend in part on people serving on juries.
Most people would prefer to avoid jury duty.
Some of his friends thought he was "lucky" to be called for jury duty in this case.
She headed back to work after an early dismissal from jury duty.
If signed into law, the legislation would make immigrants who are legal permanent residents eligible for jury duty.
The star has been picked for jury duty, but he doesn't believe he will have to sit through a trial.
I recently rode 8 miles in the dark on a 26 degree morning to serve jury duty.