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BLUE RIBBON JURY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does blue ribbon jury mean?
• BLUE RIBBON JURY (noun)
The noun BLUE RIBBON JURY has 1 sense:
1. a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues
Familiarity information: BLUE RIBBON JURY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues
Classified under:
Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects
Synonyms:
blue ribbon jury; special jury
Hypernyms ("blue ribbon jury" is a kind of...):
jury (a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
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