Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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additional grand jury.
See special grand jury under GRAND JURY.
grand jury.
A body of (often 23) people who are chosen to sit permanently for at least a month - and sometimes a year - and who, in ex parte proceedings, decide whether to issue indictments. 0 If the grand jury decides that evidence is strong enough to hold a suspect for trial, it returns a bill of indictment (a true bill) charging the suspect with a specific crime. -Also termed accusing jury; presenting jury; jury of indictment. Cf. petit jury under JURY.