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mistrial - definition and meaning
Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A trial that is rendered void and of no legal effect because of some serious procedural error or irregularity or because of the inability of the jury to reach a verdict.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In law: A trial the result of which is vitiated by errors, as by disqualification in a juror or in the judge.
- noun More loosely, an inconclusive trial; a trial that fails to issue in a decision, as where the jury cannot agree.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Law) A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result; a trial which comes to no conclusion, such as a criminal trial which does not produce a unanimous verdict of the jurors.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun law A
trial that isinvalid because of anerror inprocedure
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a trial that is invalid or inconclusive
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Examples
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And her case â declared a mistrial is now scheduled for June 15.
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As soon as the word mistrial was pronounced, there have been no more reports.
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The mistrial was a major setback for the US government, which spent a year preparing the case.
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Judge does NOT call a mistrial in the Stevens case.
Plouffe: Palin Is "One Of The Best Debaters In American Politics" 2009
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Can a civilian judge determine that a military judge only called a mistrial for less than honorable reasons and not because the defendant first stipulated one thing, and then based his defense on the denial of that same one thing?
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Because of this chronic inability to reach a unanimous decision, the judge has decided to call a mistrial on the whole shebang – a move that was met with a great big shrug.
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If you decide to appeal or call mistrial, they pay again.
What we’ve lost 2007
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But a mistrial was the only option for this judge.
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He could call a mistrial and say we have to start the trial over from the start.
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Friday, the judge in the Tyco case called a mistrial because of outside pressure on juror No. 4.
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