(from Anglo-French, trier: to try) In biological psychology the term trial is used to refer to a single attempt by a subject (animal or human) at a particular task. Trials may occur singly or in multiples; and they may be in the form of MASSED TRIALS...

// adj. A distinct number category expressing exactly three entities. Very few languages have such a form, and clear examples are hard to find; the ‘trial’ traditionally imputed to Fijian, for instance, has turned out to be a paucal....

Judicial examination and determination of issues of law and fact disputed by parties to a lawsuit. FIGURE T.9A Trigger pull...

He goes safely to trial whose father is a judge....

In law, a trial is an event in which parties come together to a dispute present information (in the form of evidence) in a formal setting, usually a court, before a judge, jury, or other designated finder of fact, in order to achieve a resolution to...