scopes trial
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1. a highly publicized trial in 1925 when John Thomas Scopes violated a Tennessee state law by teaching evolution in high school; Scopes was prosecuted by William Jennings Bryan and defended by Clarence Darrow; Scopes was convicted but the verdict was later reversed (noun.act)
hypernym | : | trial, |
definition | : | (law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law (noun.act) |
domain category | : | jurisprudence, law, |
definition | : | the collection of rules imposed by authority (noun.group) |
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