Trier (Noun)
Meaning 1
One (as a judge) who examines and settles a case.
Classification
Nouns denoting people.
Examples
- The arbiter in a conflict between companies may refer complex technical aspects of a dispute to an outside expert who becomes an associate trier for just those specifics.
- Both justices offered personal characteristics - compassionate justice sought fair legal disposition based upon both mercy and current well understood law, yet firm trier of facts and law prevailed.
- The state was also a party in the dispute and the Judge would finally act as impartial trier and decide to whom the property would go.
- In exercising judicial discretion to take these things into account the trier is moved by many considerations, some of which may well have been irrelevant to the maker.
- The trier determines all matters of law and has broad discretionary powers to allow or disallow evidence and testimony.