- most
common type of
governing body for a
parish is the
police jury (French: le
jury de
police).
Louisiana is
divided into
parishes for
units of local...
- or judgment. Most
trial juries are "petit
juries", and
usually consist of
twelve people. A
larger jury known as a
grand jury has been used to investigate...
-
ecclesiastical parishes. Thirty-eight
parishes are
governed by a
council called a
police jury. The
remaining 26 have
various other forms of government, including:...
- A
grand jury is a
jury—a
group of citizens—empowered by law to
conduct legal proceedings,
investigate potential criminal conduct, and
determine whether...
- DeRidder, LA
Micropolitan Statistical Area. The
governing body is by the
police jury system.
Until 1762, the land that
would eventually become Beauregard...
-
concern over the decline. Jim Bonsall, the
president of the
Webster Parish Police Jury, the
parish governing body,
cited the
ending of the
Haynesville Shale...
-
Civil War. In July 1861, at the
start of the war, the
Bossier Parish Police Jury appropriated $35,000 for the
benefit of
Confederate volunteers and their...
-
traffic bottlenecks in the
entire state. That year, the
Jefferson Parish Police Jury and a
committee of
local citizens began to
lobby the
state highway department...
- Law & Order:
Trial by
Jury is an
American legal drama television series about criminal trials set in New York City. It was the
fourth series in **** Wolf's...
- was
elected to the
District 1
police jury seat.
Watson defeated in****bent
Larry W. Foster, who is
white and the
police jury president, and
challenger "Johnny"...
