Thesaurus results for TRIAL COURT

trial court

noun

Definition of trial court

as in criminal court

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Recent Examples of trial court At a resentencing in 1989, the jury voted 7-5 to recommend death, the trial court again imposed the death penalty, and the state Supreme Court upheld the sentence on direct appeal. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 14 Sep. 2026 In a statement Friday, a spokesperson said the allegations are unfounded and noted that the company prevailed at the trial court level. — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 Sep. 2026 In the latter, a case that began 11 years ago would likely continue for years at the trial court level unless the parties settled. — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 8 Sep. 2026 The company built a research tool for litigators, giving them access to state trial court records, docket history, filings and the patterns of opposing counsel across cases. — Mehron Sharq, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for trial court

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Noun

The plan prompted European soccer’s governing body to threaten to bring a complaint to criminal court.

— New York Times, New York Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Her directive contradicts state law, which since 2023 has required judges to livestream most criminal court proceedings except under particular circumstances.

— Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of criminal court

Noun

The club has had Los Angeles in its name since 2005, when the City of Anaheim sued the team and lost in civil court.

— Sam Blum, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2026
At the time, Martin Electronics argued under Florida state law that employees who agreed to receive workers’ compensation following an injury were prohibited from later suing the company in civil court.

— Ryan Young, CNN Money, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of civil court

Noun

After the Nuremberg tribunal, the top Nazi leadership were rightly hanged for their crimes, yet even these were not open for public viewing, because that is savagery.

— New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 14 Oct. 2026
In Canada, when an Air Canada chatbot invented a bereavement-fare policy, the airline argued the bot was a separate entity responsible for its own actions; the tribunal called the submission remarkable and made the airline pay.

— Michael Riedl, Forbes.com, 6 Oct. 2026