Legal Definitions - jurywoman

Definition: A female juror, especially a member of a jury of matrons.

Examples:

• A jurywoman was selected to serve on the trial for the case.
• In the past, a jury of matrons, which included jurywomen, was used to determine if a woman was pregnant and therefore could not be executed.

These examples illustrate that a jurywoman is a female member of a jury, and that in the past, a specific type of jury called a jury of matrons was used to determine pregnancy in women.