mistrial
误审,无效审判,审讯无效,审讯失败
Definitions
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Law.
- : a trial terminated without conclusion on the merits of the case because of some error in the proceedings.
- : an inconclusive trial, as where the jury cannot agree.
Examples
The judges had not declared a mistrial or simply overturned the jury’s verdict.
The jury, however, could not decide, and the deadlock triggered a mistrial.
A mistrial when the 12 jurors deadlocked after only a day of deliberations.
She said if she were Chauvin’s attorney, she would request a mistrial.
On the stand, Louis, the police chief, introduced prohibited testimony, which caused a mistrial.
His first ended in a mistrial, as did the second, ultimately.
He sent them back to the jury room, but after an hour he accepted they were deadlocked and declared a mistrial.
Of course these remarks, if said in front of a jury, might have been grounds for a mistrial.
The only way to call the 2012 election a mistrial on the Affordable Care Act is to ignore the 2012 election.
She may say, when the case ends in a mistrial, “Burnt myself out for nothing.”
Now if the judge declares a mistrial, on the motion of the plaintiff, that is his own look out.
I want you to withdraw a juror in this case and consent to a mistrial.
Mistrial made few pretensions to the virtues which you and I possess.
"So much for trusting a man that bawls Amen in church," mused Mistrial.
During the journey from his home Mistrial had contemplated that text.