What's the difference between hung and jury?

Hung


Definition:

  • () of Hang
  • () imp. & p. p. of Hang.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) And adding to this toxic mix, was the fear that the hung parliament would lead to a weak government.
  • (2) Shell casings littered the main road, tear gas hung in the air and security forces beat local residents.
  • (3) This was incredible - Selby somehow hung in there yesterday, taking frames when apparently outclassed, and then when he needed to turn it up today, he did - 13-4 turned it up.
  • (4) Keep asking questions like that and you’re going to get hung up on, like right now,” he said, then disconnected the line.
  • (5) But O'Donnell stressed that hung parliaments were rare.
  • (6) After that attack, he said, body parts of some of the dead and wounded had been hung in trees as a "kind of trophy for the world to see".
  • (7) Without him, we were at the mercy of increasingly nervous investors, and our Hollywood film-making future hung in the balance.
  • (8) Similar differential inhibition by dipyridamole of the salvage of thymidine, as opposed to 3'-azido-3'-deoxythymidine, was reported previously (G. V. Betageri, J. Szebeni, K. Hung, S. S. Patel, L. M. Wahl, M. Corcoran, and J. N. Weinstein, Biochem.
  • (9) Read more Both Xenophon and Katter had left open the prospect of entering formal minority agreements with the Coalition – unlike Cathy McGowan and Andrew Wilkie , who said they would approach a hung parliament vote by vote.
  • (10) In 2013, the Mail On Sunday reported that Umunna belonged to a “shady” City men’s club where bottles of brandy went for £4,000 a pop, that he hung out with celebrities, and that he would happily pay £1,200 for a suit.
  • (11) Lewis has not hung around in sorting out the unwanted porfolio.
  • (12) The Ukip leader, Nigel Farage, hailed the results, including the 12,000-vote win in Clacton over the Conservatives, and predicted the party might hold the balance of power in a hung parliament.
  • (13) Don’t get too hung up on identity issues “The idea of gender fluidity is an alien concept to the vast majority of people, even in Britain.” 4.
  • (14) With 73,000 people killed and large parts of its cities and villages destroyed in the north by the disaster, the plight of 2.5 million people left homeless hung in the balance.
  • (15) These results extend the previously proposed model (Hung, C.-H., Noelken, M. E., and Hudson, B. G. (1981) J. Biol.
  • (16) Are people overly hung up on the ability of people to change?
  • (17) The market's assessment of the impact of a hung parliament has been mixed.
  • (18) Quique Sánchez Flores, the fighter who prefers pragmatism to artistry at Watford Read more Flores is not a man to be discouraged easily and, having hung up his boots in 1997, the right-back – who was part of the Spain squad at the 1990 World Cup – finally lived the dream.
  • (19) Another journalist asks whether Clegg would support the party with the most voters or the most seats in a hung parliament.
  • (20) Somebody had hung a guardsman's bright red ceremonial tunic on a road sign outside a pub.

Jury


Definition:

  • (a.) For temporary use; -- applied to a temporary contrivance.
  • (a.) A body of men, usually twelve, selected according to law, impaneled and sworn to inquire into and try any matter of fact, and to render their true verdict according to the evidence legally adduced. See Grand jury under Grand, and Inquest.
  • (a.) A committee for determining relative merit or awarding prizes at an exhibition or competition; as, the art jury gave him the first prize.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Why bother to put the investigators, prosecutors, judge, jury and me through this if one person can set justice aside, with the swipe of a pen.
  • (2) The need here is to promote the development of genuinely participative models – citizens panels and juries, patient and community leaders, participatory budgeting, and harnessing the power of digital engagement.
  • (3) He was fighting to breathe.” The decision on her father’s case came just 10 days after a grand jury in Ferguson, Missouri, found there was not enough evidence to indict a white police officer for shooting dead an unarmed black teenager called Michael Brown.
  • (4) Belmar and his fellow commanders spent the week before the grand jury decision assuring residents that 1,000 officers had been training for months to prepare for that day.
  • (5) Letterman was summoned to a grand jury hearing later yesterday at which he gave his side of the story.
  • (6) If he felt his actions were consistent with civil disobedience, then he should do what those who have taken issue with their own government do: challenge it, speak out, engage in a constructive act of protest, and – importantly – accept the consequences of his actions.” “He should come home to the United States, and be judged by a jury of his peers – not hide behind the cover of an authoritarian regime.
  • (7) But there was a shock with the Jury prize, which went to Polisse, one of the four films in competition directed by a woman.
  • (8) A study by Michigan state university into North Carolina's jury selection process found that discrimination was rampant right across the state, with twice as many black people excluded from service in death penalty cases as other groups.
  • (9) It was quoted in the grand jury indictment, and later a larger portion was included in one of the prosecution’s filings in the case: Facebook Twitter Pinterest Thermal image released by the Massachusetts State Police Air Wing, shows the boat in which Jahar hid.
  • (10) Yet, the apparent ambiguities of science confuse the courts, the juries, and the public.
  • (11) In his letter, Franklin said he was "somewhat surprised" by the guilty finding but "gave deference to the court-martial jury because they had personally observed the actual trial."
  • (12) Nominees: Sticks and Stones, Maroon Productions for Channel 4 Charlie and Lola "I am not sleepy and I will not go to bed", Tiger Aspect Productions for BBC Children's Breakthrough Award - Behind the Screen Jonathan Smith - Make Me Normal, Century Films for Channel 4 "The jury said that this year's winner had directed a moving and inspiring documentary which forced the audience to consider the impact of autism and Aspergers syndrome and how it can impact on the lives of those it affects."
  • (13) Releasing Eric Garner grand jury papers 'would help restore public trust' Read more A petition from the the New York Civil Liberties Union and others had called for the release of the grand jury transcripts, including testimony by Daniel Pantaleo, the New York police officer involved in the incident.
  • (14) His son, Dominic, said yesterday: "George was a small man but with his stage as a courtroom and his audience as the jury he was a giant among men."
  • (15) It has been clear for months now that Cuyahoga County prosecutor Timothy McGinty was abusing and manipulating the grand jury process to orchestrate a vote against indictment,” the statement said.
  • (16) The grand jury decision is likely to strengthen Mosby’s positioning, following calls for her to step aside from the case over allegations of a conflict of interest.
  • (17) Bob McCulloch, the St Louis County prosecutor who oversaw the state grand jury inquiry that looked into Brown’s death, insisted that discrimination by law enforcement was a rarity but said authorities must “weed it out”.
  • (18) The jury concluded Duggan had tossed the gun away and was not holding a weapon when surrounded by police marksmen.
  • (19) The case, which highlighted the ultimate power of commanders as "convening authorities" to nullify a conviction by a military jury, became a focus of last month's Senate hearing on military sexual assault .
  • (20) When David Tennant was waxing eloquent in that legal drama The Escape Artist, no one yelled out from the jury that his watch looked bloody expensive.