Mistrial

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mistrial \Mis*tri"al\, n. (Law)
     A false or erroneous trial; a trial which has no result; a
     trial which comes to no conclusion, such as a criminal trial
     which does not produce a unanimous verdict of the jurors.
     [1913 Webster +PJC]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  mistrial
       n : a trial that is invalid or inconclusive