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What (who) is trial - definition
COMING TOGETHER OF PARTIES TO A DISPUTE, TO PRESENT INFORMATION IN A TRIBUNAL
Trials; Mis-trial; Civil trial; Tried; Legal trials; Court trial; Legal trial; Pre-trial; Pending trial; Under trial; Due trial; Trial (law); Mistrial (law); Mistrial; Tryers; Mistrials
![The [[Old Bailey]] in [[London]] (in 1808) was the venue for more than 100,000 criminal trials between 1674 and 1834.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Old Bailey Microcosm edited.jpg?width=200 "The [[Old Bailey]] in [[London]] (in 1808) was the venue for more than 100,000 criminal trials between 1674 and 1834.")
trial
(trials)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
A trial is a formal meeting in a law court, at which a judge and jury listen to evidence and decide whether a person is guilty of a crime.
New evidence showed the police lied at the trial...
He's awaiting trial in a military court on charges of plotting against the state...
They believed that his case would never come to trial.
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2.
A trial is an experiment in which you test something by using it or doing it for a period of time to see how well it works. If something is on trial, it is being tested in this way.
They have been treated with this drug in clinical trials...
The robots have been on trial for the past year...
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3.
If someone gives you a trial for a job, or if you are on trial, you do the job for a short period of time to see if you are suitable for it.
He had just given a trial to a young woman who said she had previous experience...
N-COUNT: usu sing, also on N
4.
If you refer to the trials of a situation, you mean the unpleasant things that you experience in it.
...the trials of adolescence.
N-COUNT: usu pl, N of n
5.
In some sports or outdoor activities, trials are a series of contests that test a competitor's skill and ability.
He has been riding in horse trials for less than a year.
...Dovedale Sheepdog Trials.
N-COUNT: usu pl, supp N
6.
If you do something by trial and error, you try several different methods of doing it until you find the method that works properly.
Many drugs were found by trial and error...
PHRASE: oft by/through PHR
7.
If someone is on trial, they are being tried in a court of law.
He is currently on trial accused of serious drugs charges...
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v
8.
If you say that someone or something is on trial, you mean that they are in a situation where people are observing them to see whether they succeed or fail.
The President will be drawn into a damaging battle in which his credentials will be on trial.
PHRASE: v-link PHR, PHR after v
9.
If someone stands trial, they are tried in court for a crime they are accused of.
PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR for n
trial
n.
1.
Testing, examination, experiment.
2.
Experience, experimental knowledge.
3.
Attempt, endeavor, effort, essay, exertion, struggle, aim.
4.
Temptation, test of virtue.
5.
Test, criterion, proof, touchstone, ordeal, assay.
6.
Suffering, trouble, affliction, grief, sorrow, distress, tribulation, misery, woe, burden, pain, dolor, mortification, chagrin, heartache, unhappiness, wretchedness, vexation, hardship.
7.
Suit, case, cause, action.
trial
n.
legal proceedings
1) to conduct, hold a trial
2) to bring smb. to trial; to put smb. on trial
3) to stand trial for (he stood trial for embezzlement)
4) to go to trial (the case went to trial)
5) to waive a (jury) trial (the accused waived a jury trial)
6) a fair; speedy trial (to get a fair trial)
7) a closed; court; jury (or: a trial by jury); open, public; show; summary; war-crimes trial
8) at a trial (she testified at his trial)
9) on trial for (he was on trial for murder)
test, experiment
10) a field trial
11) trial by (trial by fire)
12) (misc.) by trial and error
source of worry
13) a trial to (they are a trial to their parents)
Wikipedia
Trial
In law, a trial is a coming together of parties to a dispute, to present information (in the form of evidence) in a tribunal, a formal setting with the authority to adjudicate claims or disputes. One form of tribunal is a court. The tribunal, which may occur before a judge, jury, or other designated trier of fact, aims to achieve a resolution to their dispute.
Examples of use of trial
1. "When they started having trial after trial after trial, it became ridiculous," Zagursky said.
2. Trial adjourned The trial was adjourned until Wednesday or Thursday.
3. George, Utah, the site of Jeffs‘ first trial, for him to get a fair trial here.
4. The Trial The trial can last anywhere from a single day to more than a year.
5. She is currently in custody awaiting trial in connection with alleged trial–fixing.