Editing Grand jury (section)

=== Legislative ===
{{See also|Citizens' assembly}}

Many early grand juries in the U.S. had quasi-legislative functions like passing legislation or approving taxes or expenditures.<ref name="Jameson-2004" />

From the 17th century until 1898 in Ireland, Grand Juries also functioned as local government authorities:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Grand Jury Collection |url=https://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/departments/culture-heritage/archives/collections/grand-jury.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221130222614/https://www.waterfordcouncil.ie/departments/culture-heritage/archives/collections/grand-jury.htm |archive-date=November 30, 2022 |access-date=2022-08-15 |publisher=Waterford City & County Council}}</ref>
{{quote|They fixed the salaries of public officers; they regulated prisons and houses of correction; they levied funds for the support of hospitals; they made and repaired roads and bridges, and they framed accounts of the expenses incurred in these matters... They determined what public works should be undertaken — what price should be paid for them, and who were the individuals that should undertake them, and be responsible for their completion. They settled the amount of the local taxation of the county, and, under their direction, it was levied from the actual occupiers of the land.<ref>''Hansard'', House of Commons, 19 February 1833.</ref>}}