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What is a jury trial?

What is a jury trial? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (law) A legal process in which the guilt or liability of a party is determined by a jury, a group of citizens selected from the local population.
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Maximizing case management powers may offer a less radical alternative to initiatives aimed at limiting the right to a jury trial.
The latest proposal to undercut the fundamental democratic institution of the jury trial came from an unelected legal laywoman.
In January 2013, the TRN group filed a second complaint in the Dial Global suit, demanding a jury trial.
That means in relation to rape, which would be an indictable offence, no guarantee of jury trial.
At the court of first instance level, the cost to the parties of a jury trial is probably not much different from a bench trial.
Criminal defendants have no right to court appointment of an attorney and no right to a jury trial.

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