trial court
noun
: the court before which issues of fact and law are first determined as distinguished from an appellate court
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The court found, as did the trial court, that even without the confession prosecutors had enough other evidence to support the guilty verdict.
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
In a June 20 opinion, the justices unanimously denied Delehanty’s appeal, saying the trial court did not rule in error on either of those issues.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
An Indiana state trial court on March 14 ordered her gender be changed on her birth certificate from male to female, but the county health department where she was born did not make the change due to the executive order, according to the complaint.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
McKay, convicted in 1982 of felony murder, had filed with the Memphis trial court a petition to present new facts or evidence that were not presented at his trial.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 July 2025
In a June 20 opinion, the justices unanimously denied Delehanty’s appeal, saying the trial court did not rule in error on either of those issues.
—Quinlan Bentley, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
An Indiana state trial court on March 14 ordered her gender be changed on her birth certificate from male to female, but the county health department where she was born did not make the change due to the executive order, according to the complaint.
—Kayla Dwyer, IndyStar, 2 July 2025
McKay, convicted in 1982 of felony murder, had filed with the Memphis trial court a petition to present new facts or evidence that were not presented at his trial.
—Evan Mealins, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
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“Trial court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trial%20court. Accessed 19 Jul. 2025.
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