🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

processo nullo

Pronunciation / Transliteration: proˈtʃɛs.so ˈnul.lo

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Mistrial/ˈmɪs.traɪ.əl/
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il giudice ha dichiarato il processo nullo a causa della giuria divisa."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A trial that has been rendered invalid or inconclusive because of a fundamental error in procedure, serious misconduct, or a deadlocked jury unable to reach a unanimous verdict.

    "The judge declared a mistrial after the jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict."
  2. 2

    An inconclusive or invalid legal trial resulting from a serious procedural defect.

    "Technical problems with the evidence led to a sudden mistrial."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the prefix mis- (denoting wrongly or badly) combined with trial, originating in late 19th-century American legal terminology. It emerged to designate judicial proceedings that have been invalidated prior to a final verdict due to a fundamental error or lack of jurisdiction.

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🇫🇷French → English

nullité de procès

Transliteration: nyl.ti də pʁɔ.sɛ

"Le juge a prononcé la nullité de procès en raison d'un vice de procédure."

🇩🇪German → English

fehlgeschlagenes Verfahren

Transliteration: feːl.ɡəˌʃlaː.ɡə.nəs fɛɐ̯ˈfaː.ʁən

"Das Gericht erklärte das Verfahren aufgrund eines Verfahrensfehlers für ungültig."

🇮🇹Italian → English

processo nullo

Transliteration: proˈtʃɛs.so ˈnul.lo

"Il giudice ha dichiarato il processo nullo a causa della giuria divisa."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

juicio nulo

Transliteration: ˈxwi.sjo ˈnu.lo

"El juez declaró un juicio nulo después de que el jurado no pudo llegar a un veredicto."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

julgamento nulo

Transliteration: ʒuw.ɡɐ̃ˈmẽ.tu ˈnu.lu

"O juiz declarou o julgamento nulo devido a um erro processual."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

अमान्य सुनवाई

Transliteration: amānya sunvāī

"जूरी के फैसला न कर पाने के कारण न्यायाधीश ने सुनवाई को अमान्य घोषित कर दिया।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

无效审判

Transliteration: wúxiào shěnpàn

"由于陪审团无法达成一致,法官宣布审判无效。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

무효 심리

Transliteration: muhyo simri

"배심원단이 평점에 합의하지 못하여 판사는 무효 심리를 선언했다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

審理無効

Transliteration: shinri mukō

"陪審員が評決に達しなかったため、裁判官は審理無効を宣告した。"

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