Jury

A group of people empowered to make findings of fact in a court proceeding.

The United States Constitution guarantees the right to trial by jury for most criminal and many civil matters. See Amendments V, VI, and VII.

See CRS Annotated Constitution:

• Indictment by grand jury,
• Right to trial by impartial jury,
• Trial by jury in civil cases.

see also Grand jury, Hung jury