noun (law)
1 a trial that is not considered valid because of a mistake in the way it has been carried out
2 (AmE) a trial in which the JURY cannot reach a decision
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
This word also appears under other sources in Lughet's collection — see the list below.
This entry for mistrial is sourced from Main Dictionary, one of the dictionaries and corpora merged into Lughet.
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