Other forms: petit juries
A petit jury is the group that decides the outcome of a legal trial. The members of a petit jury listen to evidence and come to a verdict.
U.S. criminal and civil court cases use a petit jury, or trial jury, to decide the outcome. Petit, or "small" in French, is in contrast to the larger grand jury, which rules on whether to bring a case to trial. Most petit juries are made up of 12 jurors who evaluate evidence and decide on a verdict. In a criminal trial, the petit jury must vote unanimously, finding the defendant either guilty or not guilty.