obedience trial

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noun

a competitive event at which a dog can progress toward a degree in obedience by demonstrating its ability to follow a prescribed series of commands.

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Origin of obedience trial

First recorded in 1940–45

Meanwhile, almost exactly 30 years after the trial, the judge left his home to board a steamboat and was never heard from again.
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Seventy-two adults between the ages of 18 and 50 are participating in the trial, led by the pediatrics department at Oxford.
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The next phase of the trial consists of vaccinating Ebola workers on the front lines.
The Race for the Ebola Vaccine|Abby Haglage|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
He lambasts the case as without evidence, an unfair trial, and damaging for the American reputation.
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While in pre-trial detention, Krivov undertook two hunger strikes.
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And as she hesitated between obedience to one and duty toward the other, her life, her love and future was in the balance.
The Homesteader|Oscar Micheaux
They threw down their weapons with sullen obedience and the first great step towards the re-conquest of India was taken.
The Red Year|Louis Tracy
The challenge was accepted and the hay-wagon driven round and the trial commenced.
The Book of Anecdotes and Budget of Fun;|Various
No doubt it will be a trial for Miss Rowan, but I think she would feel better to have her father buried here.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
He consented to the trial, receiving Planner's solemn promise that, in the event of failure, it should be the last.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, No. CCCXXXIX. January, 1844. Vol. LV.|Various