mistrialnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈmɪs.traɪəl/us/ˈmɪs.traɪəl/a trial that cannot be completed or whose result has no legal value, usually because a legal mistake has been made:
The judge declared a mistrial after newspapers printed a juror's name.
He went on trial for the second time after the first case ended in a mistrial.
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