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