trial

adj. pertaining to or used in a trial; experimental, exploratory; test; used as a sample

n. examination of facts by a judicial tribunal (Law); test; subjection to suffering or difficulty; attempt; experiment; annoyance

In law, a trial is an event in which parties to a dispute present information (in the form of evidence) in a formal setting, usually a court, before a judge, jury, or other designated finder of fact, in order to achieve a resolution to their dispute.
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Noun
1. (law) legal proceedings consisting of the judicial examination of issues by a competent tribunal; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial"
(hypernym) proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
(hyponym) mistrial
(part-meronym) plea
(classification) law, jurisprudence
2. the act of testing something; "in the experimental trials the amount of carbon was measured separately"; "he called each flip of the coin a new trial"
(synonym) test, run
(hypernym) attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
(hyponym) assay
3. (sports) a preliminary competition to determine qualifications; "the trials for the semifinals began yesterday"
(hypernym) contest, competition
(classification) sport, athletics
4. (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"
(hypernym) proceeding, legal proceeding, proceedings
(hyponym) court-martial
(derivation) judge, adjudicate, try
(classification) law, jurisprudence
5. trying something to find out about it; "a sample for ten days free trial"; "a trial of progesterone failed to relieve the pain"
(synonym) trial run, test, tryout
(hypernym) experiment, experimentation
(hyponym) field trial, field test
(derivation) sample, try, try out, taste
6. an annoying or frustrating or catastrophic event; "his mother-in-law's visits were a great trial for him"; "life is full of tribulations"; "a visitation of the plague"
(synonym) tribulation, visitation
(hypernym) affliction
(hyponym) fire
(derivation) try
7. the act of undergoing testing; "he survived the great test of battle"; "candidates must compete in a trial of skill"
(synonym) test
(hypernym) attempt, effort, endeavor, endeavour, try
(derivation) test, prove, try, try out, examine, essay

n. motorcycle trial; horse trial; trials (in athletics)

n. trial, attempt