- 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"
--1 is a kind of proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
--1 has parts:
--1 has particulars: mistrial; retrialplea; prosecution, criminal prosecution; defense, defence, denial, demurrer - test, trial, run - the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
--2 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
--2 has particulars:- trial - (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"
--3 is a kind of contest, competition
- trial - (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"
--4 is a kind of proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
--4 has particulars:court-martial; ordeal, trial by ordeal; Scopes trial; show trial Derived form: verb try3 - trial, trial run, test, tryout - trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
--5 is a kind of experiment, experimentation
--5 has particulars:field trial, field test; alpha test; beta test; road test; trial balloon Derived form: verb try4 - trial, tribulation, visitation - an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"
--6 is a kind of affliction
--6 has particulars: fireDerived form: verb try6 - test, trial - the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
--7 is a kind of attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
Derived form: verb try2 - test, trial, run - the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"