Mistrial

Mistrial
Mistrial Mis*tri"al, n. (Law) A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result; a trial which comes to no conclusion, such as a criminal trial which does not produce a unanimous verdict of the jurors. [1913 Webster +PJC]

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.

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