petit jury [pet-ee] EXAMPLES|WORD ORIGIN noun Law..
Origin of petit jury First recorded in 1490–1500 Related formspetit juror, noun Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019 Examples from the Web for petit jury Historical Examples of petit jury
The remaining names were placed in another box marked “The petit-jury box.”
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British Dictionary definitions for petit jury petit jury noun a jury of 12 persons empanelled to determine the facts of a case and decide the issue pursuant to the direction of the court on points of lawAlso called: petty jury CompareDerived Formspetit juror, noun Collins English Dictionary – Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012