try vt tried, try·ing [Anglo-French trier to choose, sort, ascertain, examine judicially, from Old French, to choose, sort]
1: to examine or investigate judicially
no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law — U.S. Constitution amend. VII
in all actions tried upon the facts without a jury — Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 52(a)
2: to conduct the trial of: put on trial
if...the judge before whom the defendant has been tried is unable to perform the duties to be performed by the court after a verdict or finding of guilt — Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 25(b)
3: to participate as lawyer or counsel in the trial of: bring to trial on behalf of a client
was unqualified to try death penalty cases
Merriam-Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam-Webster. 1996.