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one-trial

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[wuhn-trahy-uhl] / ˈwʌnˌtraɪ əl /

adjective

  1. Psychology. developing or occurring as a result of a single experience.


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Adopted in 1972, the one-day, one-trial system worked so well that other court systems began copying it.

From Time Magazine Archive

In various forms, the one-day, one-trial system has slowly spread to about 50 of the nation's 3,000 court systems, including Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Dallas, Cambridge, Mass., and parts of Chicago.

From Time Magazine Archive

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