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Hung jury   /həŋ dʒˈʊri/   Listen
Hung jury

noun
1.
A jury that is unable to agree on a verdict (the result is a mistrial).





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"Hung jury" Quotes from Famous Books



... and the jury knew something funny was going on, but they had no evidence, one way or another. The case, even at that point, might have ended with an acquittal or a hung jury, but Donnely wasn't ...
— The Penal Cluster • Ivar Jorgensen (AKA Randall Garrett)


Words linked to "Hung jury" :   jurisprudence, law, jury


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