JURY BOX • FREE TRANSLATOR.ORG • Definition of Jury box

Add this Dictionary
to your website!
See more options...

/dʒˈʊri bɑks/ Listen

Jury box

noun

An enclosure within a courtroom for the jury.

See images of 'Jury box'

Etymology of 'Jury box'

Share |

"Jury box" Quotes from Famous Books

... for a minute or two in the jury box, and then expressed their desire to retire. A buzz of talk arose in the court, when they had left. Opinion was divided as to what the verdict would be. When the counsel for the defence sat down, the general opinion was that the prisoner would be certainly acquitted; ...

— A Final Reckoning - A Tale of Bush Life in Australia • G. A. Henty

... respected or enforced, and crime was never punished, or life or property protected until we had woman's help in the jury box and at the polls, and we unhesitatingly say here at home that we do not believe a man can be found who wishes to see her deprived of voice and power, unless it is the one "who fears not God nor regards man," who wants to pursue a life of vice or ...

— History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) • Various