Wiktionary:Word of the day/2020/July 17

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stand trial v

(law) To be put on trial in a court of law. (idiomatic) To sustain the trial or examination of a cause; not to give up without trial. Today is the Day of International Criminal Justice, which was instituted by the states parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court to recognize the importance of international criminal justice.

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