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Meaning of word scopes trial from English dictionary with examples, synonyms and antonyms.
scopes trial noun
Meaning : 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.
