jury

1. a body of people (typically twelve in number) sworn to give a verdict in a legal case on the basis of evidence submitted to them in court.

   the jury returned unanimous guilty verdicts

1. judge (an art or craft exhibition or exhibit).

   the exhibition was juried by a nationally acclaimed artist

   he had a painting in the juried exhibition

late Middle English: from Old French juree ‘oath, inquiry’, from Latin jurata, feminine past participle of jurare ‘swear’ (see juror).

1. (of a mast or other fitting) improvised or temporary.

   we need to get that jury rudder fixed

early 19th century: independent usage of the first element of early 17th-century jury-mast ‘temporary mast’, of uncertain origin (compare with jury-rigged).