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Definition of On trial
1. Adjective. In the process of being tested or tried.
Lexicographical Neighbors of On Trial
Literary usage of On trial
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"der for each killing, and, on trial upon one indictment, was acquitted, the
allegation in hie plea of former acquittal to another of the indictments "that ..."
2. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1909)
"Such collateral proof is never admitted as proof of the commission of the criminal
act for which the defendant is on trial. Such evidence of collateral ..."
3. A Treatise on New Trial and Appeal: Presenting and Illustrating the Laws and by Robert Y. Hayne, J. R. Pringle, William Harvey Hyatt (1912)
"... and the party came to court, and was ready for trial, but another case was on
trial, and his attorney told him that the case on trial would ..."
4. A Practical Treatise on the Criminal Law: Comprising the Practice, Pleadings by Joseph Chitty (1819)
"... witness to appear at sessions on trial of prisoner, 3-28 oath to witness before
grand jury, 18(i common form of, of witnesses at assizes, 328 form of, ..."
5. The Lives of the Chief Justices of England: From the Norman Conquest Till by John Campbell Campbell (1849)
"His practice of interrogating prisoners on trial. His supposed opinion as to the
illegality of employing the military to put down civil disturbances. which ..."
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