| 单词 | mistrial |
| 释义 | mistrial (once / 34661 pages) n When a judge cancels a trial, she declares a mistrial. In other words, she decides that some mistake has been made and the trial must begin again from the start, with a new jury. There are several reasons that a judge might declare a mistrial, including a hung jury, which is when the jury can't come to a unanimous decision. There might also be misconduct by an attorney, or improperly introduced evidence. A mistrial usually means having to start all over again. The noun mistrial begins with the prefix mis-, which comes from Old English and means "bad or wrong." WORD FAMILYmistrial: mistrials+/retrial: retrials/retry: retrial, retried, retries, retrying/trial: mistrial, pretrial, trials/tried: triedest, untried/trier: triers/try: retry, trial, tried, trier, tries, trying/trying: tryinger, tryingest, tryingly USAGE EXAMPLESHis trial last summer ended in mistrial and he is scheduled for retrial in February. Seattle Times(Dec 29, 2016) The first ended in mistrial in September when jurors couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict. Seattle Times(Dec 27, 2016) That led the judge to declare a mistrial. Los Angeles Times(Dec 22, 2016) n a trial that is invalid or inconclusive Hyper trial (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law |
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