trial court

noun

1. the court in which a controversy is first adjudicated (appellate division ).

trial court

noun

1. law the first court before which the facts of a case are decided

Word History and Origins

Origin of trial court¹

First recorded in 1885–90

Example Sentences

“Whether it be a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order, and more and more now permanent final injunctions after the whole trial court case is done.”

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Ryan wrote the new evidence would not have resulted in the trial court proceeding differently because the brothers could not show they experienced a fear of “imminent peril.”

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"We conclude that the state trial court contradicted clearly established federal law and that this error was not harmless," the Second Circuit Court of Appeals wrote in its decision.

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“It’s much harder for an appellate court to overturn a trial court finding of fact then it is with regard to legal conclusions.”

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From the perspective of collateral estoppel, once a trial court rules that an executive order violates the Constitution, even a narrowed injunction doesn’t erase that holding.

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Related Words

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