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BLUE RIBBON JURY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blue ribbon jury mean? 

BLUE RIBBON JURY (noun)
  The noun BLUE RIBBON JURY has 1 sense:

1. a jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issuesplay

  Familiarity information: BLUE RIBBON JURY used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


BLUE RIBBON JURY (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A jury whose members are selected for special knowledge for a case involving complicated issues

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

blue ribbon jury; special jury

Hypernyms ("blue ribbon jury" is a kind of...):

jury (a body of citizens sworn to give a true verdict according to the evidence presented in a court of law)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)


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