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English
Etymology 1
From mis- + try, as a back-formation from mistrial.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /mɪsˈtɹaɪ/
- Rhymes: -aɪ
- Hyphenation: mis‧try
Verb
mistry (third-person singular simple present mistries, present participle mistrying, simple past and past participle mistried)
- (transitive, law) To declare a mistrial in (a court case).
2012 October 19, Ontario Superior Court of Justice, R. v. Khairi, retrieved 2018-04-28: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.
Etymology 2
Noun
mistry (plural mistries)
- (India) Alternative form of maistry (“foreman or artisan”)