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fair trial

Noun

Meaning

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fair trial (plural fair trials)

(law) A civil or criminal trial that is held in accordance with the laws of the country. In the United States, this includes the right to consult with a lawyer and be judged by a competent, independent and impartial jury and judge.

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Examples

By all that is sacred in our hopes for the human race, I conjure those who love happiness and truth, to give a fair trial to the vegetable system. Percy Bysshe Shelley

Court proceeding,except for certain limited situations,are open to the public.This is for the protection of the accused,to be certain to ascertain that there is a fair trial. Walter Cronkite

It's extremely damaging to a fair trial to have people reaching judgment about the case in the newspapers and on the radio before the facts are heard in a case. Bill James

How cruel the Penal Laws are which exclude me from a fair trial with men whom I look upon as so much my inferiors. Daniel O'Connell

You have had indeed a fair trial. It is a shocking thing when a judge of your high office is shown to have betrayed the truth and his honor, and I sentence you to the penitentiary. Florence Ellinwood Allen

Anyone can be falsely accused of a crime. Everyone accused of a crime deserves a fair trial. John Garamendi

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