Thesaurus results for TRIAL COURT

trial court

noun

Definition of trial court

as in criminal court

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Recent Examples of trial court Because the primary charge is murder, his case was moved to the standard trial court system. — Flint McColgan, Boston Herald, 13 Aug. 2026 The appeals court ultimately did not rule on whether Section 230 bars those claims, but concluded that the appeal was premature because the trial court’s ruling was not final. — Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 11 Aug. 2026 Parents, school districts, states and other plaintiffs had argued that the trial court’s ruling was not final and therefore could not be appealed. — Reuters, NBC news, 10 Aug. 2026 Kanai, who is not an attorney, is currently representing himself pro se in his appeal of the judgment in CAHA’s original suit, attempting to argue that the trial court failed to apply the proper legal standards for the claims against him. — Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 7 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trial court

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Noun

The first part of Reddington's questioning largely focused on Mack's history of serving as a witness in criminal court cases.

— Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 24 Aug. 2026
Hence, that’s why the NYPD started issuing criminal court summonses to cyclists.

— Voice of the People, New York Daily News, 24 Aug. 2026

Definition of criminal court

Noun

The club has had Los Angeles in its name since 2005, when the City of Anaheim sued the team and lost in civil court.

— Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
At the time, Martin Electronics argued under Florida state law that employees who agreed to receive workers’ compensation following an injury were prohibited from later suing the company in civil court.

— Ryan Young, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of civil court

Noun

Many leaders of the slaughter were tried and convicted by a United Nations war crimes tribunal that has now closed down.

— ABC News, ABC News, 28 Aug. 2026
The tribunal found that Mladic, together with late Serbian President Slobodan Milosevic and Bosnian Serb political leader Radovan Karadzic, were part of a criminal conspiracy to implement the plan.

— Ivana Sekularac, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026