Trial

·noun The act of trying or testing in any manner.

II. Trial ·noun The act of testing by experience; proof; test.

III. Trial ·noun Examination by a test; experiment, as in chemistry, metallurgy, ·etc.

IV. Trial ·noun Any effort or exertion of strength for the purpose of ascertaining what can be done or effected.

V. Trial ·noun That which tries or afflicts; that which harasses; that which tries the character or principles; that which tempts to evil; as, his child's conduct was a sore trial.

VI. Trial ·noun The state of being tried or tempted; exposure to suffering that tests strength, patience, faith, or the like; affliction or temptation that exercises and proves the graces or virtues of men.

VII. Trial ·noun The formal examination of the matter in issue in a cause before a competent tribunal; the mode of determining a question of fact in a court of law; the examination, in legal form, of the facts in issue in a cause pending before a competent tribunal, for the purpose of determining such issue.