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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Trump’s lawyers have tried to have the verdicts thrown out, contending the trial court allowed jurors to hear improper and inflammatory evidence.
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James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Google will seek to have the trial court’s decision overturned on appeal, and the final judicial resolution of this case is far from certain.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, in a New York trial court, Judge Joel M. Cohen has been tapped to preside over Warner Bros.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2024
However, the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office appealed several of those rulings, and in September an Ohio appeals court ruled that the trial court erred in excluding the Cybercheck reports as evidence for reasons unrelated to the technology’s effectiveness.
—Todd Feathers, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
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James Rainey, Los Angeles Times, 23 Oct. 2024
Google will seek to have the trial court’s decision overturned on appeal, and the final judicial resolution of this case is far from certain.
—Alden Abbott, Forbes, 11 Oct. 2024
Meanwhile, in a New York trial court, Judge Joel M. Cohen has been tapped to preside over Warner Bros.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 5 Aug. 2024
However, the Summit County Prosecutor’s Office appealed several of those rulings, and in September an Ohio appeals court ruled that the trial court erred in excluding the Cybercheck reports as evidence for reasons unrelated to the technology’s effectiveness.
—Todd Feathers, WIRED, 15 Oct. 2024
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“Trial court.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/trial%20court. Accessed 12 Nov. 2024.
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