on trial
In the dock
On trial describes someone or something being formally judged or tested.
A defendant on trial faces legal proceedings to determine guilt or innocence: The senator goes on trial next month for fraud.
More broadly, anything on trial is being evaluated: The new policy is on trial for six months.
To put something on trial is to subject it to scrutiny.
- acquittalFormal clearing of charges
- defendantParty facing charges
- criminal caseLegal proceeding for offenses
- day in courtChance to present one's case
- accusedCharged with wrongdoing
judge · cross-examination · evidence · burden of proof · prosecutor · plea bargain · justice · verdict · testimony · witness stand · accountability · punishment · scrutiny · jury · jury deliberation · courtroom · sentencing · lawfulness
on trialacquitted
Declared legally innocent
convicted · exonerated · found guilty · cleared · vindicated
on trialproven
Established as fact
established · accepted · trusted · validated · certified
on trialawaiting trial
Held before court hearing
pre-trial · under investigation · indicted · arrested · post-trial
trial, trying, tried, trials, tries, untried, retrial, trialed, trialing