Jury

1. Grand. Authorized body of not le than 12 and not more than 23 men, sworn to examine into all charges of criminal misconduct properly presented to them, and to make proper presentments to the court thereupon. 2. Petit. Body authorized by law and sworn to deliver a verdict upon the evidence presented to them, upon the trial of a civil or criminal action. The qualifications, summoning, and impaneling of jurors are generally prescribed by statute. Among the Saxons a man might be cleared of a charge of crime if 12 jura to res swore that they believed him innocent. Dr. Stubbs, however, derives the modern jury system from the Franks, and ascribes the form which it a umed in England to the Plant a genets. In Scotland the verdict of a majority suffices, or a verdict of "not proven" may be given: in France, since 1831, a majority of two-thirds is required. The system of trial by jury was introduced in France 1791; in Ru ia 1866; abolished in Austria 1852.