a trial balloon to test the aesthetic climate of the times ; ;

Its detectors got a trial run at the Antarctic Viper telescope as ACBAR ( Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver ) experiment — which has produced the most precise measurements at small angular scales to date — and at the Archeops balloon telescope.

Jenner's trial balloon descended into Kingscote Park, Gloucestershire, owned by Anthony Kingscote, one of whose daughters was Catherine.

Like most similar reunion films, this production was considered a trial balloon for a possible new series.

Because the proposed change in New York energy law was highly controversial, the Albany Times Union the next day filed a front-page, above the fold story questioning the plan's leak as a " trial balloon " in the headline, which had quickly garnered both criticism and support.

A trial balloon under the company's own name is somewhat risky ; if too many are " floated " the company risks becoming known as the company that cried wolf, and can find itself being ignored completely.

After a trial of the best medical treatment outline above, if symptoms remain unnacceptable, patients may be referred to a vascular or endovascular surgeon ; however, " No convincing evidence supports the use of percutaneous balloon angioplasty or stenting in patients with intermittent claudication ".

The remaining 35 are " trial balloon " questions under consideration for inclusion on future NAPLEX tests.

There is no way to distinguish a regular test question from a trial balloon.

Its detectors got a trial run at the Antarctic Viper telescope as ACBAR ( Arcminute Cosmology Bolometer Array Receiver ) experiment – which has produced the most precise measurements at small angular scales to date – and at the Archeops balloon telescope.

A non-joking equivalent would be " to send up a trial balloon.

This was interpreted by many as a trial balloon on behalf of Ariel Sharon, who followed it up with a speech on 18 December giving the Palestinian Authority " a few months " to comply with the road map before Israel took " unilateral steps ".

* Politicians and policy-makers may wish to judge the reaction of the public to their plans before committing ( a trial balloon ).

This is the most delightful trial I have ever had '', she decided.

The behavior of a biological aerosol, on a much smaller scale, is illustrated by a specific field trial conducted with a non-pathogenic organism.

If three dice are tossed, a trial is one toss of one die and the experiment is composed of three trials.

Or, what amounts to the same thing, if one die is tossed three times, each toss is a trial, and the three tosses form the experiment.

These examples are illustrative of the use of the words `` trial '' and `` experiment '' as they are used in this chapter, but they are quite flexible words and it is well not to restrict them too narrowly.

We can escape from such a difficulty by ruling out the animal as not constituting a trial, but such a solution is not always satisfactory.

Indeed, the experiment is better viewed as consisting of one binomial trial for the entire family.

But it is crucial that here, unlike Burford, the trial court was ordered to retain the case until the state courts had had a reasonable opportunity to settle the state-law question.

`` It is not an individual that is in the dock at this historical trial '' -- said Ben Gurion, `` and not the Nazi regime alone -- but anti-Semitism throughout history ''.

A trial of strength, however, is made quite inevitable by virtue of the fact that anyone engaging in non-violent resistance will be convinced that his action is based on sounder values than those of his opponent ; ;

It is impossible to get a fair trial when some of the defendants made statements involving themselves and others ''.

The charge that the federal indictment of three Chicago narcotics detail detectives `` is the product of rumor, combined with malice, and individual enmity '' on the part of the federal narcotics unit here was made yesterday in their conspiracy trial before Judge Joseph Sam Perry in federal District court.

For example Connecticut applies the following standard to review unpreserved claims: 1. the record is adequate to review the alleged claim of error ; 2. the claim is of constitutional magnitude alleging the violation of a fundamental right ; 3. the alleged constitutional violation clearly exists and clearly deprived the defendant of a fair trial ; 4. if subject to harmless error analysis, the state has failed to demonstrate harmlessness of the alleged constitutional violation beyond a reasonable doubt.

If the petition is granted the appellant could be released from incarceration, the sentence could be modified, or a new trial could be ordered.

This might be the proper standard of review, for example, if the lower court resolved the case by granting a pre-trial motion to dismiss or motion for summary judgment which is usually based only upon written submissions to the trial court and not on any trial testimony.

Generally, there is no trial in an appellate court, only consideration of the record of the evidence presented to the trial court and all the pre-trial and trial court proceedings are reviewed — unless the appeal is by way of re-hearing, new evidence will usually only be considered on appeal in " very " rare instances, for example if that material evidence was unavailable to a party for some very significant reason such as prosecutorial misconduct.

However, the original trial judge, Judge David Burnett, disallowed presentation of this information in his court.

Independent local sources of political information on Eritrean domestic politics are scarce ; in September 2001 the government closed down all of the nation's privately owned print media, and outspoken critics of the government have been arrested and held without trial, according to domestic and international observers, including Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International.

In law, interrogatories ( also known as requests for further information ) are a formal set of written questions propounded by one litigant and required to be answered by an adversary, in order to clarify matters of fact and help to determine in advance what facts will be presented at any trial in the case.

These juries differed from the modern sort by being self-informing ; instead of getting information through a trial, the jurors were required to investigate the case themselves.

Over time, English juries became less self-informing and relied more on the trial itself for information on the case.

* JANUS clinical trial data repository, a standard supported by the U. S. Food and Drug Administration as a data warehouse for human clinical trial information

Once information had been gathered, an inquisitorial trial could begin.

The inquisitor could keep a defendant in prison for years before the trial to obtain new information, and could return them to prison if he felt that the witness had not fully confessed.

May's lawyers subpoenaed President Bush to testify at the trial, but Texas Judge John K. Dietz threw out the subpoena on the grounds that the then-governor was not in a position to have enough specialized information to require his involvement.

For juries to fulfill their role to analyze the facts of the case, there are strict rules about their use of information during the trial.

Depositions are a part of the discovery process in which litigants gather information in preparation for trial.

The process provides a " level playing field " of information among the litigants and avoids surprises at trial ( traditionally regarded as an unfair tactic ).

Sometimes, after a number of witnesses have been deposed, the parties will have enough information that they can reasonably predict the outcome of a prospective trial, and may decide to arrive at a compromise settlement, thus avoiding trial and preventing additional costs of litigation.

A trial is the presentation of information in a formal setting, usually a court.

Dramatisation of the trial of the Chartists at Shire Hall, Monmouth, including background information.

The sheriff was convicted at trial and was sentenced to 100 days in jail on each of four felony counts, fined $ 6000 on four felony and two misdemeanor counts, and sentenced to four years felony probation on two counts each of misuse of official information and retaliation.

** any person in England or Wales is likely to be able to give material evidence, or produce any document or thing likely to be material evidence, at the summary trial of an information by a magistrates ' court,

As a request for dispensing any such information, they were required to declare that they were only there for the trial of men who inquired for knowledge of magic ; anything they have taught ( magic ) can only harm and not profit the student at all.

In KUTV, Inc. v. Conder, media representatives sought review by appeal and by a writ of prohibition of an order barring the media from using the words " Sugarhouse rapist " or disseminating any information on past convictions of defendant during the pendency of a criminal trial.

Oaks, in the opinion delivered by the court, held that the order barring the media from using the words " Sugarhouse rapist " or disseminating any information on past convictions of defendant during the pendency of the criminal trial was invalid on the ground that it was not accompanied by the procedural formalities required for the issuance of such an order.

At trial, FBI agent Kerry Myers testified that the PIJ had planned an attack inside the U. S., but that all information about the plot was classified and he could not discuss it.

A summary of information KSM provided to his American interrogators ( used by defence in the trial of Zacarias Moussaoui ).

William M. Adler's 2011 biography reveals new information about Hill's ostensible alibi, which was never introduced at his trial.