"Jury duty" is when regular people are chosen randomly to serve as members of a jury in a court case. They listen to both sides of the case and help decide if the accused person is guilty or innocent. Full definition
So today states can easily get addresses of citizens for jury duty from any number of other databases, and some states have even passed laws against using voter rolls for this purpose. (law.stackexchange.com)
But the employee can get a tax deduction for the full amount of jury duty pay. (smartasset.com)
The clerk's office handles jury duty summons, marriage licenses and traffic citations. (lowestpricetrafficschool.com)