How to Use trial court in a Sentence

trial court

noun
  • The trial court sided with the city.
    Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • If the state’s high court agrees with the trial court, the case will not proceed.
    Karen Brainard, Ramona Sentinel, 13 Dec. 2017
  • The grandson won the case in the trial court and the appeals court.
    Bob Carlson, Forbes, 21 June 2021
  • The trial court judge agreed with the state and told the jury the answer was a no.
    Kc Baker, PEOPLE, 22 June 2026
  • The case now goes back to the trial court for a ruling on what records can be released.
    Travis Loller The Associated Press, arkansasonline.com, 2 Dec. 2023
  • An order is final if there is nothing left to be done by the trial court.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 14 June 2026
  • The appeals court sent that issue back to the trial court to decide.
    Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 20 July 2022
  • The city won the case at the trial court level, but an appeal is pending.
    Dominic Fracassa, SFChronicle.com, 16 June 2020
  • The motion would be heard in the trial court where they were convicted.
    Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 11 May 2023
  • The appellate court ruling kicks the case back to the trial court.
    David K. Li, NBC News, 12 Mar. 2025
  • The ruling also doesn’t end the case at the trial court level.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 16 Aug. 2024
  • The request would go to the trial court where they were convicted.
    Mike Cason | [email protected], al, 27 Apr. 2021
  • The trial court ruled in favor of the state, and the Larsens appealed.
    David French, National Review, 23 Aug. 2019
  • At first, Tafoya lost at the trial court, but won in the appellate court.
    Nick Sibilla, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2021
  • And indeed, the trial court dismissed the case on that basis.
    Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 9 May 2018
  • The trial court ruled that the messages could not be used, but that was reversed on appeal.
    Clifford Ward, chicagotribune.com, 18 Feb. 2022
  • So in the trial court’s view, the action was content-neutral.
    Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 6 Aug. 2019
  • In July, an appellate court sent the case back to the trial court.
    Christopher Spata, The Orlando Sentinel, 21 Mar. 2026
  • Supreme Court is the name of New York state's highest trial court.
    Antonio Planas, NBC News, 3 July 2023
  • The justices kept the law on hold but sent the case back to the trial court to examine the ban further.
    CBS News, 5 July 2024
  • The suspect hasn’t entered a plea and his case will be assigned to a trial court in the coming days.
    Dan Frosch, WSJ, 19 May 2018
  • That case has since been granted class-action status and has returned to trial court.
    Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 11 Aug. 2025
  • Once Wade stepped aside, the trial court had allowed Willis to move forward.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 30 Dec. 2024
  • The Supreme Court threw out the conviction and sent the case back to the trial court.
    Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2022
  • But as the lawsuits trudge through the trial courts, the justices have been focused elsewhere.
    Ella Lee, The Hill, 7 Feb. 2025
  • Lucio and her team had raised nine claims with the appeals court, four of which were remanded to the trial court.
    Dakin Andone, CNN, 26 Apr. 2022
  • The state pays the circuit judges' salaries and salaries for their trial court assistants and court reporters.
    Mike Jones, Arkansas Online, 6 Nov. 2020
  • Some claims that Cole could raise in the trial court could not have been raised until the warrant was issued.
    Melanie Kalmanson, Orlando Sentinel, 2 Aug. 2024
  • The case was just beginning to pick up steam again in the trial court in the weeks leading up to this year’s election.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 25 Nov. 2024
  • The case was just beginning to pick up steam again in the trial court in the weeks leading up to this year's election.
    Alanna Durkin Richer, arkansasonline.com, 26 Nov. 2024

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