juries
Meaning of juries
- a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.
the jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts
- judge (an art or craft exhibition or exhibit).
the exhibition was juried by a nationally acclaimed artist
he had a painting in the juried exhibition
late Middle English: from Old French juree ‘oath, inquiry’, from Latin jurata, feminine past participle of jurare ‘swear’ (see juror).
Information about juries
- The singular form of juries is: jury.
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Hyphenation of juries
ju-ries
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- juries is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
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