Definition

1. Noun:
   • A court session or hearing: A specific, scheduled period during which a court is in operation to conduct legal proceedings, hear evidence, and make judicial decisions.
   • A trial session: One of the distinct sittings or meetings that constitute a trial, which may be held over multiple separate sessions.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Phiên toà sẽ được mở lại vào tuần tới. (The court session will be reopened next week.)
  • Phiên toà xử vụ án đó kéo dài ba ngày. (The trial session for that case lasted three days.)
  • Báo chí có mặt đông đảo tại phiên toà sáng nay. (The press was present in large numbers at this morning's court hearing.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in formal and legal contexts to refer to a discrete unit of court activity. It implies an official, convened proceeding.

Variants and Related Words

• Phiên toà phúc thẩm (n): appellate court session.

  • Phiên toà phúc thẩm đã bác kháng cáo của bị cáo. (The appellate court session rejected the defendant's appeal.)

• Phiên toà sơ thẩm (n): court of first instance session.

  • Vụ án đã được đưa ra xét xử tại phiên toà sơ thẩm. (The case was brought to trial at the court of first instance session.)

Synonyms

• Court session: A meeting of a court.
• Hearing: A proceeding before a court.
• Trial sitting: One of the meetings in a trial.

Related Idioms

• Mở phiên toà: to open a court session.

  • Chánh án tuyên bố mở phiên toà. (The chief judge declared the court session open.)

• Bế mạc phiên toà: to adjourn or close a court session.

  • Sau lời tuyên án, phiên toà được bế mạc. (After the sentencing, the court session was adjourned.)