English
Etymology
From mis- + trial.
Noun
mistrial (plural mistrials)
- (law) A trial that is prematurely ended upon being 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
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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- Polish: unieważnienie procesu n
- Portuguese: julgamento nulo
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- Spanish: juicio nulo m
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