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31trial — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. test, experiment, probation, hearing; hardship, ordeal; cross, tribulation, affliction; effort, attempt. See adversity, inquiry, lawsuit, punishment. II (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. tentative, test, trial …
32trial — /ˈtraɪəl / (say truyuhl), /traɪl / (say truyl) noun 1. Law a. the examination before a judicial tribunal of the facts put in issue in a cause (often including issues of law as well as of fact). b. the determination of a person s guilt or… …
33trial run — noun trying something to find out about it a sample for ten days free trial a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain • Syn: ↑trial, ↑test, ↑tryout • Derivationally related forms: ↑try out ( …
34Trial of Draža Mihailović — The Trial of Draža Mihailović, or the Belgrade Process, was the trial of General Draža Mihailović and a number of other prominent figures for high treason and war crimes organized in 1946 by the new government of Yugoslavia. Mihailović was tried… …
35Trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus — The trial and conviction of Alfred Dreyfus was the event that instigated the Dreyfus Affair, a political scandal which divided France during the 1890s and early 1900s. It involved the wrongful conviction of Dreyfus, a Jewish military officer, for …
36Trial of Kenneth Lay and Jeffrey Skilling — The trial of Kenneth Lay, former chairman and CEO of Enron, and Jeffrey Skilling, former CEO and COO, was presided over by federal district court Judge Sim Lake in 2006 in response to the Enron scandal. The only fact Skilling admitted was that… …
37trial de nova — A new trial; a new trial on appeal. 4 Am J2d A & E § 2. A trial on appeal from a justice of the peace to a court of general jurisdiction. 31 Am J Rev ed J P § 129. Trying anew the matter involved in an administrative determination the same as if… …
38Trial at bar — Bar Bar (b[aum]r), n. [OE. barre, F. barre, fr. LL. barra, W. bar the branch of a tree, bar, baren branch, Gael. & Ir. barra bar. [root]91.] 1. A piece of wood, metal, or other material, long in proportion to its breadth or thickness, used as a… …
39trial at bar — 1. : a trial before three or more judges of the court in which the proceeding is brought used chiefly in causes célèbres or to consider novel points of law 2. : trial before a judicial or quasi judicial tribunal and especially before a court of… …
40Trial of Satanta and Big Tree — The Trial of Satanta and Big Tree occurred in July 1871 in the town of Jacksboro in Jack County, Texas, Texas, United States. This historic trial of Native American War Chiefs of the Kiowa Indians Satanta and Big Tree for the murder of seven… …
