Legal Definitions - Grand Survey

A Grand Survey is an inquiry into a certain matter by a specially empaneled jury. It can also refer to the survey of the lands of England in 1085-1086, resulting in the Domesday Book.

• A jury is empaneled to investigate a case of corporate fraud. This is a Grand Survey.
• William the Conqueror ordered a survey of the lands of England, resulting in the Domesday Book. This is also a Grand Survey.

These examples illustrate how a Grand Survey involves a specially empaneled jury investigating a particular matter. In the case of the Domesday Book, it was a survey of the lands of England. In the case of corporate fraud, it could be an investigation into financial wrongdoing.