| 单词 | mock trial |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmock trial mock trial n. a trial which is legally invalid; one which imitates a legal process. ΚΠ 1651 C. Walker High Court 39 Theeves upon the high way may as justly..condemne him upon such a Mocke Triall and Mummery or Enterlude of Iustice, as these Fellowes. 1775 T. Jefferson Draft Rep. on Lord North's Proposal 25 July in Papers (1950) I. 228 Exempting by mock-trial the murderers of colonists from punishment. 1951 Amer. Jrnl. Psychiatry Feb. 595/1 A powerful tyrant synthetically injects his own thoughts and words into the minds and mouths of the victims he plans to destroy by mock trial. 1993 Washington Jrnl. 6 Oct. a10/2 Mr. Black says: ‘I don't know what the mock trial did for her except to show that the legal system could provide a positive result.’ < as lemmas |
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