trial in English: A meeting in a court where people decide if someone has broken the law; or a test to see if something works. (noun)

Translation

A meeting in a court where people decide if someone has broken the law; or a test to see if something works.

Word origin

From Anglo-French trial, from trier, meaning to try or to sift.

Gender

Pluraltrials

lasted .

A "trial" is the meeting in court that decides a case.

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"On trial" means the court is deciding about you now.

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"Trials" here are careful tests to see if something works.

court

The place where a judge decides if someone has broken the law.

judge

A person who decides what is right and wrong in a court of law.

law

A rule made by a country that everyone must follow.

crime

Something a person does that is against the law.

test

A set of questions or jobs that shows how much you know or how well something works.

defendant

The person in a court who is said to have broken the law.

prosecutor

The lawyer who tries to show in court that a person did a crime.

testimony

A formal statement that something is true, especially one given in a court of law.

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