mistry

/mɪsˈtɹaɪ/

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi मिस्त्री (mistrī). Doublet of master.

name

  1. A surname.

verb

  1. To declare a mistrial in (a court case).“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.”
  2. (of a court case) To end in a mistrial.“...Ms. Masrour was informed by a judge that the defendant in a matter before the court raised the issue of the quality of Mr. Dhir’s interpretation. She was unaware as to whether the case mistried but she took steps to switch interpreters.”