mistry

From mis- +‎ try, as a back-formation from mistrial.

• IPA^(key): /mɪsˈtɹaɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Hyphenation: mis‧try

mistry (third-person singular simple present mistries, present participle mistrying, simple past and past participle mistried)

1. (transitive, law) To declare a mistrial in (a court case).
   • 2012 October 19, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, R. v. Khairi‎^[1], retrieved 28 April 2018:

     Having considered the aforementioned general principles and measured the improprieties of the Crown’s opening against those of the other cases noted above, I decided not to mistry this case, but, rather, to issue a corrective instruction.

2. (intransitive, law) (of a court case) To end in a mistrial.
   • 2005 November 17, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, R. v. Sidhu‎^[2], retrieved 27 January 2025:

     ...Ms. Masrour was informed by a judge that the defendant in a matter before the court raised the issue of the quality of Mr. Dhir’s interpretation. She was unaware as to whether the case mistried but she took steps to switch interpreters.

mistry (plural mistries)

1. (India) Alternative form of maistry (“foreman or artisan”).