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Definition of "jury-box" []

  • In a court of justice, an inclosed space in which the jury sits. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

Use "jury-box" in a sentence
  • "It is not enough simply to prove that the man committed the murder, but to make the jury violently angry against him, and cause them to shudder in the jury-box, as he exposes the horrid details of the crime."
  • "O"Mara is right about one thing, " he said, putting his large hands on the jury-box railing."
  • "The lawyer cocked an eyebrow at him and stroked her moustache, a distinctive gesture that you could see in any number of courtv archives of famous civil-rights battles, typically just before she unloaded both barrels at the jury-box and set one or another of her many precedents."