Jury duty

When a person serves on a jury it is called jury duty.



Word Structure

JOOR-ee

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DOO-tee

Sentence Examples

Citizens may have jury duty.

Jury duty is mand.ated by law

Once summoned, not all get jury duty.

Semantic Relatives

Citizen

Exemption

Jury

Obligation

Responsibility

Summoned



Textbook

Explore American Democracy Chapter 10 by Attainment

Deeper Dive

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