Noun
trial court (plural trial courts)
(law) a court of first instance.
CBS exhausted the Texas courts. They went from the trial court to the intermediate court to the highest court. Floyd Abrams
1980s and 1990s In October 1985, the California Supreme Court rejected Rosenthal's appeal of the multimillion-dollar judgment against him for legal malpractice, and upheld conclusions of a trial court and a Court of Appeal that Rosenthal acted improperly. Source: Internet
A confession by the defendant is treated like any other piece of evidence, and a full confession does not prevent a full trial from occurring or relieve the plaintiff(s) from its duty of presenting a case to the trial court. Source: Internet
Appellate courts in the United States, unlike their civil law counterparts, are generally not permitted to correct mistakes concerning the facts of the case on appeal, only mistakes of law, or findings of fact with no support in the trial court record. Source: Internet
At her 2017 confirmation hearing, she said that “I would recuse myself and not actually enter the order of execution” were she a trial court judge in a death penalty case. Source: Internet
All case names before the Court are styled petitioner v. respondent, regardless of which party initiated the lawsuit in the trial court. Source: Internet