4. (Law)
Defn: 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.
Syn.
— Test; attempt; endeavor; effort; experiment; proof; essay. See
Test, and Attempt.
TRIAL BALANCE
Tri"al bal`ance. (Bookkeeping)
Defn: The testing of a ledger to discover whether the debits and credits balance, by finding whether the sum of the personal credits increased by the difference between the debit and credit sums in the merchandise and other impersonal accounts equals the sum of personal debits. The equality would not show that the items were all correctly posted.
TRIALITY
Tri*al"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. tres, tria, three.]
Defn: Three united; state of being three. [R.] H. Wharton.
TRIALOGUE
Tri"a*logue, n. Etym: [LL.trialogus; tri- (see Tri-) + -logus as, in
L. dialogus, E. dialogue.]
Defn: A discourse or colloquy by three persons.
TRIAMIDE
Tri*am"ide, n. Etym: [tri- + amine.] (Chem.)