A criminal trial held under a commission of oyer and terminer (see oyer and terminer, n.). Obsolete.

a trial continued at the request of the defendant in a case in which the plaintiff, after beginning proceedings, decides not to pursue the…

a trial of a defendant charged with a political offence; a trial conducted for political reasons.

drumhead court-martial: a court-martial summoned round an upturned drum, for summary treatment of offenders during military operations.

This barrier, as the place at which all the business of the court was transacted, soon became synonymous with: Court; esp. in at (the) bar: in court…

(U.S. Law), a criminal trial held after a minimum of delay, considered to be a citizen's right; also attributive.

a judicial trial held in public with the intention of influencing or satisfying public opinion, and typically having a predetermined verdict; esp.…

the trial of a person for a war crime or crimes; cf. Nuremberg trial n. at Nuremberg, n. 3c.

a trial conducted in two stages of which the first will establish facts necessary to the impartial or swift conducting of the second.