mistria

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mistria - Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :

  MISTRIAL. An erroneous trial on account of some defect in the persons 
  trying, as if the jury come from the wrong county or because there was no 
  issue formed, as if no plea be entered; or some other defect of 
  jurisdiction. 3 Cro. 284; Hob. 5; 2 M. & S. 270.