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A mistrial is a legal trial which ends without a verdict, for example because the jury cannot agree on one. [us] The judge said he would declare a mistrial if the jury did not reach its verdict today.
Criminal Law Trials - Motion for Mistrial. Mistrials are trials that are not successfully completed. A mistrial may become necessary when something occurs that greatly affects the fundamental fairness of the trial. The most common source of a mistrial is the failure of the jury to return a unanimous verdict (a hung jury).