hung jury

hung jury

English

Noun

hung jury (plural hung juries)

1. (law) A jury in a legal trial that is unable to reach or come to a verdict because the jurors cannot agree on a decision.

   The prosecution re-filed charges after a mistrial was declared due to a hung jury.

Translations

jury that is unable to reach a verdict

Chinese: Mandarin: 懸而未決的陪審團／悬而未决的陪审团 (xuán'érwèijué de péishěntuán), 懸案陪審團／悬案陪审团 (xuán'àn péishěntuán) Danish: please add this translation if you can Finnish: erimielinen valamiehistö, erimielinen jury French: please add this translation if you can German: no equivalent term in German, but see uneinige Jury f Hungarian: határozatképtelen esküdtszék Japanese: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: please add this translation if you can Russian: please add this translation if you can Spanish: please add this translation if you can

See also

• hung parliament
• jury is out

Further reading

• hung jury on Wikipedia.Wikipedia