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  • 51Trial pit — A trial pit is an excavation of ground in order to study or sample the composition and structure of the subsurface, usually dug during a site investigation, a soil survey or a geological survey.Trial pits are dug before the construction.It is… …

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  • 52trial — I tri•al [[t]ˈtraɪ əl, traɪl[/t]] n. 1) law a) the examination of a cause before a court of law, often involving issues both of law and of fact b) the use of due process to determine a person s guilt or innocence 2) the act of trying, testing, or …

    From formal English to slang

  • 53trial within a trial — marginal legal proceeding during the course of a trial so as to clear up some detail; clarification of the veracity of the defendant s confession before the actual trial …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 54trial per testes — /tray(a)l par testiyz/ A trial had before a judge without the intervention of a jury, in which the judge is left to form in his own breast his sentence upon the credit of the witnesses examined; but this mode of trial, although it was common in… …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 55Trial of the pyx — Pyx Pyx, n. [L. pyxis a box, Gr. pyxi s a box, especially of boxwood, fr. py xos the box tree or boxwood. See {Box} a receptacle.] [Written also {pix}.] 1. (R. C. Ch.) The box, case, vase, or tabernacle, in which the host is reserved. [1913… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 56trial — I. noun Etymology: Anglo French, from trier to try Date: 15th century 1. a. the action or process of trying or putting to the proof ; test b. a preliminary contest (as in a sport) 2. the formal examination before a competent tribunal of the… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 57Trial by Fire (The Outer Limits) — Infobox Television episode Title = Trial by Fire Series = The Outer Limits Caption = Season = 2 Episode = 9 Airdate = 1 March, 1996 Production = 31 Writer = Brad Wright Director = Jonathan Glassner Photographer = Guests = Robert Foxworth as… …

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  • 58trial by the court — A trial held before one or more judges without a jury. Air way Electric Appliance Corp. v Day, 266 US 42, 70, 69 L Ed 162, 169, 45 S Ct 18. See trial by inspection …

    Ballentine's law dictionary

  • 59Before They Make Me Run — Infobox Song Name = Before They Make Me Run Artist = The Rolling Stones Album = Some Girls Released= 9 June 1978 track no = 8 Recorded = March 1978 Genre = Rock Length = 3m:25s Writer = Jagger/Richards Label = Rolling Stones/Virgin Producer = The …

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  • 60trial lawyer — noun Date: circa 1914 a lawyer who engages chiefly in the trial of cases before courts of original jurisdiction …

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