noun
jury system
Refers to the legal institution in which a group of citizens decides the verdict in a trial. In Japan, the lay judge system (裁判員制度) is more common, but this term is used for jury systems in other countries or historically.
アメリカでは陪審制度が広く採用されている。
The jury system is widely used in the United States.
裁判員制度 is the lay judge system used in Japan, where citizens participate alongside professional judges, while 陪審制度 refers to a traditional jury system where jurors decide the verdict independently.
Compound of 陪審 (ばいしん, 'jury', from 陪 'accompany' and 審 'judge') and 制度 (せいど, 'system'). The term was coined to translate Western legal concepts.