Meanings
nounmistrial (plural mistrials)
plural mistrials
- lawA trial that is prematurely ended upon being declared invalid because of an error in procedure, or because of a hung jury.
“We move for a mistrial based on the testimony this morning,” Blanche said. “There’s no way to unring that bell, in our view.”
2024 May 7, Victoria Bekiempis, quoting Todd Blanche, “Trump hush-money trial: Stormy Daniels describes being ‘startled’ by sexual encounter”, in The Guardian, →ISSN
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mey-?
- Proto-Indo-European*meyth₂-
- Proto-Germanic*missaz
- Proto-Germanic*missa-
- Proto-West Germanic*missa-
- Old Englishmis-
- Middle Englishmys-
- Englishmis-
- Old Frenchtrier
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Anglo-Normantrial
- Middle Englishtrial
- Englishtrial
- Englishmistrial
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 無效審判 /无效审判
- 無效審判 /无效审判 (wúxiào shěnpàn)invalid trial
Dutch nietig geding
- nietig gedinginvalid trial
Esperanto neniigita proceso
- neniigita procesoinvalid trial
Finnish rauennut oikeudenkäynti, tulokseton oikeudenkäynti
- rauennut oikeudenkäyntiinvalid trial
- tulokseton oikeudenkäyntiinvalid trial
French avortement de procès, procès avorté
- avortement de procèsinvalid trial
- procès avortéinvalid trial
- procès nulinvalid trial
- nullité de procèsinvalid trial
German Verfahrenshindernis
- Verfahrenshindernisinvalid trial
Polish unieważnienie procesu
- unieważnienie procesuinvalid trial
Portuguese julgamento nulo
- julgamento nuloinvalid trial
Spanish juicio nulo
- juicio nuloinvalid trial
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
APA
mistrial. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistrial
MLA
“mistrial.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistrial. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mistrial,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mistrial.
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