Trial

A trial is, in the most general sense, a test, usually a test to see whether something does or does not meet a given standard.

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• In law, a trial is the presentation of information in a formal setting, usually a court, with the object of determining whether or not a person (or other legal entity such as a corporation) has broken a law. See, for example: jury trial, trial by ordeal.
• In science, a trial is the result of a given run of a given experiment, with the usual object of testing a scientific hypothesis. Multiple trials are usually run, when possible, for an experiment, in order to offset the effects of random error.
• In proprietary software (and some other commercial products), a trial version or trial or piece of trialware is a (usually gratis and FRS) version of a product that only works for a limited period of time (and sometimes has reduced functionality). A trial version of a software package (or piece of trialware) is often produced by a software publisher to help users get a feel for it before deciding whether to buy the full version. See the more general term, shareware.
• In probability mathematics, a trial is an action that results in one of a number of outcomes or elementary events.
• In motorcycle racing, a motorcycle trial is a kind of motorcycle handling competition.
• In bicycle racing, bike trials riding is a kind of bicycle handling competition.
• In linguistics, trial refers to trial grammatical number, a grammatical form which signifies that there are three of something. See also dual grammatical number.
• The Trial is a novel by Franz Kafka.
• Trial (1955 film) is a 1955 film
• Trial (1969 film) is a 1969 film
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Trial related Images and Photos (experimental)

Trial by Jury	Trial and Error	Trial By Jury 1994	Trial By Jury 1994
Term of Trial (1963) (DVD)	The Trial 1850	Trial of the Apostle Paul	Trial of Archbishop Laud
Inquisition Trial in Spain	Trial of Mary Queen of Scots	The Trial of Captain Kidd	Dog on Trial