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Retry

To try esp judicially a second time as to retry a case to retry an accused person

barratry

barratry pl: -tries [Middle French baraterie deception, from barater to deceive, cheat] 1 : an unlawful act or fraudulent breach of duty by a ship's master or crew that injures the interests of the ship's or...

registry

registry pl: -tries 1 : registration [an instrument filed for in the conveyance records "Louisiana Civil Code"] 2 : the nationality of a ship according to its entry in a register 3 : a place of...

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lion hunter

someone who tries to attract social lions as guests

outpope the Pope

To try to act as a more authentic member of a group than one who is a genuine member of the group not necessarily in reference to religious matters compare to be more Catholic than the...

Prove

To try or to ascertain by an experiment or by a test or standard to test as to prove the strength of gunpowder or of ordnance to prove the contents of a vessel by a standard...

Trial

the judge, on the application of a party, decides that the action or matter cannot as conveniently be tried with a jury as without one. The judge, however, cannot order a trial without a jury where the

Challenge

The trial of challenges to the array is entirely in the discretion of the court; sometimes they are tried by two of the coroners, sometimes by two of the jury, sometimes by the Court itself. Challenges to

Ex officio informations

endanger the govern-ment, or to molest or affront the sovereign in discharging the royal functions. The information is tried by a jury of the county where the offence arose, and for that purpose, unless the case be

Fair trial

in which bias or prejudice for or against the accused, the witnesses, or the cause which is being tried is eliminated. If the witnesses get threatened or are forced to give false evidence that also would not

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