Word 'trial' - Indian Laws - General

Word trial According to Collins English Dictionary means: the act or an instance of trying or proving; test or experiment... Law . a . the judicial examination of the issues in a civil or criminal cause by a competent tribunal and the determination of these issues in accordance with the law of the land. b. the determination of an accused person s guilt or innocence after hearing evidence for the prosecution and nor the accused and the judicial examination of the issues involved . According to Ballentine s Law Dictionary [2nd ed.] trial means: an examination before a competent tribunal according to the law of the land, of the facts or law put in issue in a cause, for the purpose of determining such issue. When a court hears and determines any issue of fact or law for the purpose of determining the right of the parties, it may be considered a trial In Black s Law Dictionary [Sixth Edition] Centennial Edition, the word trial is defined thus: A judicial examination and determination of issues between parties to action, whether they be issues of law or of fact, before a court that has jurisdiction... A judicial examination, in accordance with law of the land, of a cause, either civil or Criminal, of the issues between the parties, whether of law or facts, before a court that has proper jurisdiction . In Webster s Comprehensive Dictionary International Edition, at page 1339, the word trial is defined thus: ....The examination, before a tribunal having assigned jurisdiction, of the facts or law involved in all issue in order to determine that issue. A former method of determining guilt or innocence by subjecting the accused to physical tests of endurance, as by ordeal or by combat with his accuser... In the process of being tried or tested... Made or performed in the course of trying or testing.... Union of India v. Major General Madan Lal Yadav - 1996 (3) TMI 472 - SUPREME COURT