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GRAND JURY Definition & Legal Meaning

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Type of jury composed of 23 citizens. This is a pre-trial jury that decides if prosecution evidence is sufficiently strong to bring an accused to trial for the specified crime. Abolished in 1948 by the UK, this is a continuing and important feature of the US trial system.

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