juror

/ˈdʒʌrər/

/ˈdʒʌrə/

Other forms: jurors

Anyone who's a member of a jury in a court of law is called a juror. When you serve as a juror, you're part of a group that hears evidence in a trial and gives a verdict.

When someone gets called for jury duty, it's an opportunity to be a juror for a trial. A juror is typically one of twelve people who swear to make an impartial, unbiased decision based on legal evidence. The jurors must come to a unanimous agreement about their verdict after all evidence is presented, generally either "guilty" or "not guilty." The Latin root is iuratorem, or "swearer," from iurare, "to swear."

Definitions of juror

1. noun

   someone who serves (or waits to be called to serve) on a jury
   synonyms: juryman, jurywoman

   types:

   foreperson

   the presiding member of the jury and the one who speaks on their behalf

   petit juror, petty juror

   a member of a petit jury

   foreman

   one who is the foreperson of a jury

   forelady, forewoman

   a woman who is foreperson of a jury

   type of:

   panelist, panellist

   a member of a panel