Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun scopes_trial

1 sense of scopes trial

Sense 1
Scopes trial -- (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)
       => trial -- ((law) the determination of a person's innocence or guilt by due process of law; "he had a fair trial and the jury found him guilty"; "most of these complaints are settled before they go to trial")