trial procedure
Legal case steps
Trial procedure is the formal sequence of steps through which a court case proceeds—from jury selection through opening statements, presentation of evidence, closing arguments, and verdict.
The term encompasses the rules governing how trials unfold: The judge explained the trial procedure to prospective jurors.
Legal systems differ significantly in their trial procedures.
- defense counselLawyer representing the accused
- due processGuaranteed judicial fairness
- Miranda rightsSuspect's custodial advisement
- voir direPretrial juror examination
- legal proceedingsFormal court-based dispute resolution
judicial review · litigation · motion to dismiss · admissibility · chain of custody · precedent · jury instructions · opening statements · cross-examination · verdict · hearsay · burden of proof · subpoena · sequestration · objections · appeal · closing arguments · deposition
- legal fieldscivil law, criminal law, administrative law, common law, family law
- lawlaw, lawyer, lawyers, attorney, attorneys
- litigationpleadings, lawsuit, plaintiff, complaint, lawsuits
- Court Procedureadjournment, court hearing, court rules, arraignment, court order
- criminal courtcriminal court, judge, jury, verdict, guilty plea
- civil procedurecomplaint, complaints, answer, answers, pleadings
trial proceduremediation
Intervention to resolve conflict
out-of-court settlement · arbitration · negotiation · settlement · plea bargain
trial procedurediscovery
Act of finding something
sentencing · enforcement · filing · indictment · arraignment
trial proceduresummary judgment
Court ruling without trial
kangaroo court · mob justice · vigilante justice · lynching · lawlessness