The meaning of TRIAL is the formal examination before a competent tribunal of the matter in issue in a civil or criminal cause in order to determine such issue. How to use trial in a sentence.
the examination in a court of law of the facts of a case to decide whether a person is guilty of a crime or responsible for an injury to another person: [ C ] a criminal / civil trial. [ U ] The case will soon go to trial (= begin). [ U ] She must still stand trial (= be judged in a court of law). on trial.
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency told NBC5 that Dana did test positive for an anabolic steroid, but Dana told newspaper Seven Days that it was an accident.
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In general, a trial is a test or an experiment. Most commonly, the word refers to a criminal trial in a courtroom before a judge and jury. It is also often used in a scientific context to refer to things like clinical trials and drug trials. It can also refer to a hardship.
trial. noun. /ˈtraɪəl/. /ˈtraɪəl/. Idioms. law. [uncountable, countable] a formal examination of evidence in court by a judge and often a jury, to decide if somebody accused of a crime is guilty or not. a murder/criminal trial. on trial He's on trial for murder.
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.
TRIAL meaning: 1 : a formal meeting in a court in which evidence about crimes, disagreements, etc., is presented to a judge and often a jury so that decisions can be made according to the law; 2 : a test of the quality, value, or usefulness of something
With her son's trial around the corner, Anne enlists the services of the Protectors to keep her mentally impaired husband from attacking the judge.
