Definition of Trial court

1. Noun. The first court before which the facts of a case are decided.

Generic synonyms: Court, Judicature, Tribunal
Category relationships: Jurisprudence, Law

Lexicographical Neighbors of Trial Court

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trial court (current term)
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Literary usage of Trial court

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)
"In the matter of declaring a mistrial based upon such grounds the trial court had a broad discretion, and it does not appear that this discretion was abused ..."

2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1907)
"... form in the trial court before judgment, would have required the trial court to hold that the complaint was inadequate. But the question for decision is ..."

3. Supreme Court Reporter by Robert Desty, United States Supreme Court, West Publishing Company (1922)
"It is plain that the trial court ... it is the duty of the trial court to entertain an objection to their admission or a motion for their exclusion and to ..."

4. Lawyers' Reports Annotated by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company (1918)
"745, the trial court, at the instance of the prosecuting attorney, ... The action of the trial court in excluding all persons from the trial except the ..."

5. Justice and the Poor: A Study of the Present Denial of Justice to the Poor by Reginald Heber Smith (1919)
"Because of radical differences, it is convenient to separate costs into three groups: first, costs in the trial court paid to the court or its officers; ..."

6. Reports of Cases Determined in the Supreme Court of the State of California by California Supreme Court, Bancroft-Whitney Company, California, Supreme Court (1886)
"... with the action of the trial Court in granting or refusing a new trial upon a question of fact^ where there is a substantial conflict in the evidence. ..."

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