trial
/ˈtrɑɪˌəl/, /trɑɪl/ n [C/U] (LEGAL PROCESS)Definition
› 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 › If someone is on trial, the case in which that person's guilt is being judged has begun: He was on trial for assault and robbery.
(Definition of trial n (LEGAL PROCESS) from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary
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