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 less than an after a mistrial was declared due to a hung jury.

Translations

jury that is unable to reach a verdict

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 未能作出裁定的陪審團／未能作出裁定的陪审团, 未能作出裁定的陪审团 (wèinéng zuòchū cáidìng de péishěntuán)

• Finnish: erimielinen valamiehistö, erimielinen jury
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• Hungarian: határozatképtelen esküdtszék
• Portuguese: please add this translation if you can

See also

• hung parliament

Further reading

• hung jury on Wikipedia.Wikipedia