trial court

noun

: the court before which issues of fact and law are first determined as distinguished from an appellate court

Examples of trial court in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The court remanded the case to the trial court for resentencing. — Dejanay Booth-Singleton, CBS News, 25 June 2026

The trial court properly denied her petition as untimely. — Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 24 June 2026

The appeals panel similarly also found that the trial court’s evidentiary rulings were not grounds to overturn the verdict. — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 26 June 2026

The trial court dismissed the petition as time-barred on May 1, 2025, concluding it was filed one day past the 365-day jurisdictional deadline. — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 24 June 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1889, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for trial court

• abort
• airport
• alport
• athwart
• carport
• comport
• consort
• deport
• disport
• distort
• escort
• exhort

Legal Definition

trial court

noun

: the court before which issues of fact and law are tried and first determined as distinguished from an appellate court