Legal Definition and Related Resources of Trial

The examination of a cause , civil or criminal , before a judge who has jurisdiction over it, according to the laws of the land, to determine which of two opposing sides is entitled to succeed. That step in an action by which issue or questions of fact are decided. Black v Jones, 208 Ark. 1011,188 S. W.2d626. The process of trial is said to begin when the jury is called into the box for examination as to their qualifications and the calling of a jury is part of the trial. See Wilhite v Asbaveani, 118 N.E.2d440, 2 Ill.App.29.

The examination before a competent tribunal, according to the law of the land, of the facte put in issue in a cause for the purpose of determining such issue. 4 Masdn (U. S.) 282. Thts methods of Mai at ennmon law were:
(1) By certificate, where the evidence of the person certifying is the only proper oriterldn of the point u dispute. S BL Ck>mm. 833.
(2) By inspection or examination, where the Jwlges uptin the teabimony of thdr senses decide the point in dispute.
(3) By witnesses, without the intervention of a jury (3 BI. Comm. 336).
(4) By jury, which is that form of trial in which the facts are determined by twelve men impartially selected from the body of the county. See “Jury.”
(5) By the record, where an issue oi nul tiel record is joined in any action.
(6) By grand assize, a peculiar method of trial allowed in writs of right. See “Grand Assize.”
(7) By wager of battel, which, in the old English law, was a barbarous mode of trying facts, among a rude people, founded on the supposition that heaven would always interpose and give the victory to the champions of truth and innocence. This mode of trial was abolished in England as late as St. 69 Geo. III. c. 46, A. D. 1818. It never was in force in the United States. See 3 Bl. Comm. 337; 1 Hale, Hist. Com. Law, 188. See a modern case, 1 Barn. & Aid. 405.
(8) By wager of law, which mode of trial has fallen into complete disuse; but, in point of law, it seems in England to be still competent in most cases to which it anciently applied. The most important and best-established of these cases is the issue of nil debet, arising in action of debt on simple contract, or the issue of non detinet, in an action of detinue. In the declaration in these actions, as in almost all others, the plaintiff concludes by offering his suit (of which the ancient meaning was followers or witnesses, though the words are now retained as mere form) to prove the truth of his claim. On the other hand, if the defendant, by a plea of nil debet or non detinet, deny the debt or detention, he may conclude by offering to establish the truth of such plea “against the plaintiff and his suit, in such manner as the court shall direct.” Upon this, the court awards the wager of law (Co. Entr. 119a; Lilly, Entr. 467; 3 Chit. PI. 479), and the form of this proceeding, when so awarded is that the defendant brings into court with him eleven of his neighbors, and for himself makes oath that he does not owe the debt or detain the property.

(Experiment), noun

• analysis
• attempt
• check
• endeavor
• evaluation
• examination
• experimental method
• experimentum
• exploration
• indepth analysis
• inquiry
• inspection
• probereview
• scrutiny
• study
• test
• testing Associated Concepts: trial period

(Legal proceeding), noun

• action
• action at law
• case
• cause
• contest
• court action
• examination
• formal examination by a court of law
• formal examination of facts by a court
• hearing
• iudicium
• inquest
• inquiry
• inquisition
• judicial contest
• lawrsuit
• legal dispute
• litigation
• proceeding
• quaestio
• suit
• suit at law
• Associated Concepts: appeal from a trial
• close of a trial
• examination before trial
• fair trial
• former trial
• impartial trial
• joint trial
• jury trial
• mistrial
• new trial
• order of trial
• posttrial evidence
• pretrial evidence
• proceed to trial
• public trial
• retrial
• separate trial
• speedy trial
• trial byjury
• trial by the court
• trial court
• trial de novo
• trial judgeforeign phrases: Triatio ibi semper debetfieri
• ubijuratores meliorem possunt habere notitiam
• Trial ought always to be had where the jurors can have the best information

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Accessory, Accused, Amnesty, Appellate Court, Arbitration, Ascertain, Assignable Error, Attachment, Benefit Of Clergy, Bill Of Exceptions, Bill Of Particulars, Brought To Trial, Burden Of Proof, Calendar Call, Camera, , Case In Chief, Charge, Civil Jury Trial, Closing Statement, Collateral Fraud, Commit, Competency, Competent, Compromise Verdict, Compurgator, Confess, Confession, Cross-examination, Discovery, , Evidence, Exhibit, Fair Trial, Fly For It, Forum Non Conveniens, , Gaol Delivery, Gloves, Go To The Country, Hearsay Evidence, Hung-jury, Impanel, Injunction, Inquest, Insanity, Intrinsic Fraud, Jeopardy, Joinder In Pleading, Judgment, Judicial Notice, , Keeping The Peace, , Mandate, Military Law, Miscarriage Of Justice, Mistrial, New Trial, Newly Discovered Evidence, Nonsuit, Ordeal, Order, Petty Offense, Proof, Prosecutor, Receiver, Refreshing Memory, Remit, Remittitur, Removal, Responsive, Review, Ruling, Stand, Summary, Summing Up, Surprise, Tales, Traverse.

Translate Motion For A New Trial from English to Spanish

Translation of Motion For A New Trial, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Pedimento para un nuevo juicio and other legal terms is available here.

• Pedimento para un nuevo juicio
• Petición para juicio nuevo
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Translate Speedy Trial from English to Spanish

Translation of Speedy Trial, with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Juicio sin demora and other legal terms is available here.

• Juicio sin demora
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Translate Trial Court from English to Spanish

Translation of Trial Court , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Tribunal de primera instancia and other legal terms is available here.

• Tribunal de primera instancia
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Translate Trial Docket from English to Spanish

Translation of Trial Docket , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Orden del día para juicios and other legal terms is available here.

• Orden del día para juicios
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Translate Trial from English to Spanish

Translation of Trial , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Juicio and other legal terms is available here.

• Juicio
• Pleito
• Proceso judicial
• Vista
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Translate Waiver of A Speedy Trial from English to Spanish

Translation of Waiver of A Speedy Trial , with examples. More about free online translation into Spanish of Renuncia a un juicio sin demora and other legal terms is available here.

• Renuncia a un juicio sin demora
• Legal English Translation

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English Spanish Translation of Trial

Juicio Penal

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Meaning of Trial in Spanish

Description/ translation of trial into Spanish: juicio (es decir, la parte oral del proceso penal), fase oral, vista oral; pre-trial: fase preparatoria (del juicio oral); openess of a trial: publicidad de un juicio; open trial: juicio público; trial judge: órgano juzgador en primera instancia, magistrado presidente del tribunal del jurado; capital murder trial: juicio por asesinato castigado con pena capital; trial court: tribunal/ órgano juzgador, tribunal inferior, tribunal de primera instancia (es decir, aquel al que se somete al acusado a juicio oral); bench trial court: órgano en que un juez, y no un Jurado, ejerce la función juzgadora (por ejemplo, cuando el acusado renuncia al privilegio de ser juzgado por Jurado; (SUG) juicio con renuncia a Jurado); trial rights: derecho a un juicio público; speedy trial: juicio o proceso sin dilaciones; trial de novo: nuevo juicio, repetición del juicio (incluida la presentación y administración de pruebas; esta posibilidad existe en algunas instancias de apelación en el sistema anglosajón); trier of fact: (=fact-finder) órgano juzgador, instancia juzgadora (de hechos, no de derecho, e incluye tanto el Jurado como un tribunal)[1]

Note: for more information on related terms and on the area of law where trial belongs (criminal procedure law), in Spanish, see here.

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1. Translation of Trial published by Antonio Peñaranda

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Legal English Vocabulary: Trial in Spanish

Online translation of the English legal term trial into Spanish: proceso (English to Spanish translation) . More about legal dictionary from english to spanish online.

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Trial in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of trial.

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• Law Enforcement Officer
• Police
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• trial in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
• trial in the Encyclopedia of Law Enforcement
• A Treatise on the Police of the Metropolis

Trial by Crown Court judge alone in Law Enforcement

Main Entry: Law Enforcement in the Legal Dictionary. This section provides, in the context of Law Enforcement, a partial definition of trial by Crown Court judge alone. This legal term is related to the United Kingom and/or the English Legal System.

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• trial by Crown Court judge alone in A Dictionary of Law Enforcement (Oxford University Press)
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(noun) a formal examination of a case in a court of law – to try (verb)

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Definition of Trial

In relation to social issues, a meaning of trial is provided here: the examination before a court of the facts or law in a court case

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