mistrial

English

Etymology

From mis- +‎ trial.

Noun

mistrial (plural mistrials)

  1. (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.”

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