#trial (law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"
supertype: judicial_proceeding__proceeding__legal_proceeding__legalproceeding__proceedings__proceeding (law) the institution of a sequence of steps by which legal judgments are invoked
part: plea prosecution defence
subtype: mistrial a trial that is invalid or inconclusive
subtype: retrial a new trial in which issues already litigated and to which the court has already rendered a verdict or decision are reexamined by the same court; occurs when the initial trial is found to have been improper or unfair due to procedural errors
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