mistrial

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ trial.

Noun

mistrial (plural mistrials)

1. (law) A trial that has been declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of a hung jury.
   • 2024 May 7, Victoria Bekiempis, quoting Todd Blanche, “Trump hush-money trial: Stormy Daniels describes being ‘startled’ by sexual encounter”, in The Guardian‎^[1], →ISSN:

     “We move for a mistrial based on the testimony this morning,” Blanche said. “There’s no way to unring that bell, in our view.”

Derived terms

• mistry

Translations

invalid trial

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 無效審判 / 无效审判 (wúxiào shěnpàn)

• Dutch: nietig geding n
• Esperanto: neniigita proceso
• Finnish: rauennut oikeudenkäynti
• French: avortement de procès m, procès avorté, procès nul m, nullité de procès f
• German: Verfahrenshindernis n
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• Portuguese: julgamento nulo
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• Spanish: juicio nulo m

Anagrams

• trialism