Jury duty e jury service

Faz algumas semanas que estamos investigando as colocações do termo jury que refletem, não apenas a abrangência do instituto, mas também a presença significativa que o júri possui na vida do cidadão americano. As expressões jury duty e jury service são reflexo dessa presença haja vista o grande número de colocações de que são partes.

Portanto, dando prosseguimento ao tema, selecionamos e apresentamos sugestões de tradução para as principais colocações de jury duty e jury service (serviço do júri, função do jurado, trabalho do júri).

1. be barred from jury service - ser excluído do serviço do júri

 "That court has decided that a state can not bar colored men from jury service because the debarment would brand them as an inferior class of citizens [.]"

2. be eligible for jury service - passível de ser convocado para serviço do júri

 "Under California law, women were eligible for jury service."

3. be on jury duty - desempenhar função de jurado

 "For all of us who have been on jury duty, you know that there are a million reasons why you can get disqualified [.]"

4. be on the list for jury duty - ser alistado para serviço do júri

 "If you were a private citizen and on the list for jury duty and you understand that this trial is going to run for months."

5. called for jury duty - ser convocado para serviço do júri

 "Several recent studies have found that people called for jury duty often feel they are treated rudely and are unappreciated."

6. cancel appearance for jury duty - cancelar convocação para serviço do júri

 "But in the mail on Saturday I got another letter from the District Court, this one canceling my scheduled appearance for jury duty, and I was surprised to feel great relief."

7. exempt/excused from jury service - ser isento de serviço do júri

 "Edward v. Healy, 421 U.S. 772 (1975), one of two cases that invalidated a Louisiana law exempting women from jury service unless they requested otherwise."

8. excluded from jury service - ser excluído do serviço do júri

 "Gender-based peremptory strikes were hardly practicable for most of our country's existence since, until the 19th century, women were completely excluded from jury service."

9. rejected for jury duty - ser excluído do serviço do júri

 "Jeffers was a melancholy, unsocial man, once rejected for jury duty in a homicide case because the lawyer for the defense thought his eyes looked cruel."

10. report for jury duty - comparecer para serviço do júri

 "I found my letter from the District Court telling me to report for jury duty service in two weeks, on a Monday morning at 8:45."

11. selected to appear for jury duty - alistado para serviço do júri

 "He had been selected to appear for jury duty and was not hopeful he could get excused."

12. summoned for jury duty - convocados a comparecer para serviço do júri

 "More than 5 million Americans are summoned for jury duty each year."

13. try to avoid jury service - tentar evitar serviço do júri

 "I have the distinct impression that you're intentionally trying to avoid jury service."

14. volunteer for jury duty - voluntariar-se para serviço do júri

 "They also tried to encourage non-voters to volunteer for jury duty."

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