Legal Dictionary of Pakistan
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separate trial
1. Criminal procedure. The individual trial of each of several persons jointly accused of a crime. Fed. R. Crim. P. 14. 2. Civil procedure. Within a single action, a distinct trial of a separate claim or issue -or of a group of claims or issues - ordered by the trial judge, usu. to conserve resources or avoid prejudice. Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(b). Cf. sEvERANCE.