mistry
See also: Mistry
English
editEtymology 1
editmis- + try, as a back-formation from mistrial.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editmistry (third-person singular simple present mistries, present participle mistrying, simple past and past participle mistried)
- (transitive, law) To declare a mistrial in (a court case).
- 2012 October 19, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, R. v. Khairi[1], retrieved 2018-04-28:
- Having considered the aforementioned general principles and measured the improprieties of the Crown’s opening against those of the other cases noted above, I decided not to mistry this case, but, rather, to issue a corrective instruction.
Etymology 2
editNoun
editmistry (plural mistries)