jury

A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.

• And so the jury and he approached, as if this were a time of peace instead of one of the greatest world disturbances ever known in history, the question whether the prosecution had proved to the jury’s satisfaction that George Joseph Smith

A group of judges in a competition.

The audience attending the first night of a performance, whose reaction may determine whether it succeeds or fails.slang

• The jury which decides on the first night usually seals the fate of the season.

To judge by means of a jury.

For temporary use; applied to a temporary contrivance.in-compoundsnot-comparable

• jury mast
• jury rudder