Trial Meaning In Law. Trial - law the determination of a persons innocence or guilt by due process of law. New evidence showed the police lied at the trial.
Trial noun LEGAL PROCESS B2 C or U the hearing of statements and showing of objects etc. In a law court to judge if a person is guilty of a crime or to decide a case or a legal matter. To answer the question what is a fair trial.
They believed that his case would never come to trial.
See full dictionary entry for trial COBUILD Advanced English Dictionary. The formal examination before a competent tribunal of the matter in issue in a civil or criminal cause in order to determine such issue. The President will be drawn into a damaging battle in which his credentials will be on trial. The examination of facts and law presided over by a judge or other magistrate such as a commissioner or judge pro tem with authority to hear the matter.
