Committee vs Jury - What's the difference?
committee | jury |
a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols
(archaic) a guardian; someone in charge of another person deemed to be unable to look after himself or herself.
(legal) A group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.
* "And so the jury' and he approached, as if this were a time of peace instead of one of the greatest world disturbances ever known in history, the question whether the prosecution had proved to the '''jury’s''' satisfaction that George Joseph Smith was guilty of murder. The '''jury''' were the shield which stood between him and death, unless, to the '''jury’s''' satisfaction, he was proved to be guilty. Yet while they were the shield of the man accused, they were also the Sword of the State; and if the man were proved guilty, they were the servants of the State to punish him. Their respective functions were these: he the judge, had to settle the law, and the '''jury''' must take the law from him. The ' jury were judges of fact."
A group of judges in a competition.
To judge by means of a jury.
(nautical) For temporary use; applied to a temporary contrivance.
As nouns the difference between committee and jury
is that committee is a group of persons convened for the accomplishment of some specific purpose, typically with formal protocols while jury is a group of individuals chosen from the general population to hear and decide a case in a court of law.As a verb jury is
to judge by means of a jury.As an adjective jury is
for temporary use; applied to a temporary contrivance.committee
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Alternative forms
* (contraction)Noun
(wikipedia committee) (en noun)Derived terms
* committeeman * committeeperson * committeewoman * subcommitteejury
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Etymology 1
From (etyl) juree , from . (wikipedia jury)Noun
(juries)- 1952 : James Avery Joyce: Justice At Work'': (this edition Pan 1957) Page 92. commenting on'' R v Smith [1915] 84 LJKB 2153 (1914-15 All ER 262 CCA)
Meronyms
* jurorDerived terms
* grand jury * jury box * jury duty * jury panel * jury nullification * jury pool * jury trial * petit jury * the jury is still outDescendants
* Portuguese:Verb
Etymology 2
Early 1600s. Perhaps ultimately from (etyl) ajurie, from (etyl) adjutareAdjective
(-)- jury''' mast; '''jury rudder