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| audition |
a trial performance by an actor, musician, or dancer. [1/5 definitions] |
| bail1 |
an amount of money or other property left with a court to ensure that a person who is released after arrest will return to stand trial. [1/5 definitions] |
| bill of attainder |
a legislative act in which a person is found guilty, without trial, of a crime, esp. treason, and condemned to capital punishment. |
| Calvary |
(sometimes l.c.) a place or occasion of severe trial, or an intensely painful, anguishing experience. [1/2 definitions] |
| cop a plea |
(informal) to plead guilty to a lesser charge in order to avoid trial on the original charge. |
| court-martial |
a trial by a military court. [1/4 definitions] |
| detention |
the detaining of someone, esp. for a short time, either as punishment or until a trial can be held. [1/3 definitions] |
| discontinuance |
in law, the ending of a court proceeding before trial, usu. by a plaintiff. [1/2 definitions] |
| district court |
a U.S. Federal trial court in each judicial district. [1/2 definitions] |
| dock3 |
an enclosure for the defendant in a criminal trial. |
| essay |
to make a test of; subject to a trial. [1/4 definitions] |
| experiment |
a test or trial to discover something unknown, esp. a scientific one to test a hypothesis. [2/3 definitions] |
| experimental |
of or related to a test, trial, or experiment. [1/2 definitions] |
| fire |
a severe trial. [1/14 definitions] |
| gauntlet2 |
any ordeal or trial. [1/3 definitions] |
| grand jury |
a jury made up of citizens who are gathered to determine whether there is enough evidence against accused persons to indict them and bring them to trial. A grand jury is typically composed of twenty-three people but the number may vary. |
| high jump |
a field event in which contestants jump over a level bar, which is raised after each successful trial. |
| intertrial |
combined form of trial. |
| in the running |
participating in a contest, trial, or election. [1/2 definitions] |
| lynch law |
the lawless rule and practice of punishing, without a trial, by lynching. |
| mistrial |
a trial that is declared invalid because of an error in the proceedings. [2 definitions] |
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