jury of matrons (English, noun)
expansion: jury of matrons (plural juries of matrons)
Senses:
glosses: A jury of women impanelled to try a question of pregnancy, as where a widow alleges herself to be with child by her late husband, or a woman sentenced to death, to stay execution, pleads that she is with child.
tags: historical
Forms:
form: juries of matrons
tags: plural