trial
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 382 U.S. 406 - Tehan v. United States Ex Rel. Shott · 1966Most cited · 1,857 citing opinions
basic purpose
The basic purpose of a trial is the determination of truth
How often courts cite the case defining “trial”
Court decisions citing the opinion that defined “trial” — 1,854 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining case as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.