grand jury investigation

collocation in English

meaningsofgrand,juryandinvestigation

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grand
adjective
uk
/ɡrænd/us
/ɡrænd/
important and large ...
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jury
noun[C, + sing/pl verb]
uk
/ˈdʒʊə.ri/us
/ˈdʒʊr.i/
a group of people who have been chosen to listen to all the facts in a trial in a law court and to decide if a person is guilty or not guilty, or if a claim has ...
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investigation
noun[C or U]
uk
/ɪnˌves.tɪˈɡeɪ.ʃən/us
/ɪnˌves.təˈɡeɪ.ʃən/
the act or process of examining a crime, problem, statement, etc. carefully, especially to discover ...
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Some progress was being made, but much has now been dissipated as a result of the grandjuryinvestigationand later developments.
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A grandjuryinvestigationresulted in a deadlock.
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The target of a grandjuryinvestigationhas no right to testify or put on a defense before the grand jury.
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The federal grandjuryinvestigationwas quickly wound down and took no further action.
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The school was subject to a grandjuryinvestigationin 2007 regarding using funds improperly (for expenses not related to each individual student).
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A grandjuryinvestigationinto the accident revealed the roof truss had not been property bolted to the framing.
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The department, which was established in 1947, was shut down following a grandjuryinvestigationinto a series of scandals.
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He would later resign in 1983 over a grandjuryinvestigationof illegal business activities.
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The grandjuryinvestigationcriticized the prosecutor and police for their handling of the case but found no evidence of criminal wrongdoing.
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There was widespread speculation that he had been the subject of an investigation into alleged campaign finance irregularities and a grandjuryinvestigationinto his church's financial dealings.
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Corbett's office denied that the subpoenas were related to the criticism, but rather to an ongoing grandjuryinvestigation.
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Williams faced a grandjuryinvestigationinto the cause of the fatal crash and no criminal indictment was issued.
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Stafford's work exposed significant security breaches for tourists and ultimately resulted in a grandjuryinvestigation.
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No indictments or grand jury investigations occurred, either.
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Grand jury investigations were ineffective, despite the appeals of social reformers.
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Following his retirement from the bench he served as a state referee and conducted two one-man grand jury investigations, in 1951 and 1954.
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Article 32 hearings are analogous to grand jury investigations in that they function to determine if there is sufficient evidence to support a trial.
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