Trial. A formal inquiry designed to prove and put upon record the blameless characters of judges, advocates and jurors.
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TZETZE (or TSETSE) FLY, n. An African insect ('Glossina morsitans') whose bite is commonly regarded as nature's most efficacious remedy for insomnia, though some patients prefer that of the American novelist ('Mendax interminabilis').
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