mistrial
English
Noun
mistrial (plural mistrials)
- (law) A trial that has been declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of 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, →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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invalid trial
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