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preliminary examination
Matched in: Term preliminary examination
Solicitor
final in each of the months of March, June, and November. As to conditions of exemption from the preliminary examination, see s. 28. Barristers of not less than five years' standing having been disbarred, and having obtained certificates
hearing
cause to believe that the defendant committed the felony with which he or she is charged called also preliminary examination probable cause hearing pre·ter·mi·na·tion hearing [prē-tər-mə-nā-shən-] : a hearing held prior to the termination of a property interest
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Cross-examination
Matched in: Term Cross-examination
Preliminary
Matched in: Term Preliminary
Leading question
questions are not allowed to be put except in cross-examination, except as to matter not in dispute, and preliminary inquires, name and address, etc., of witnesses. It is not easy to lay down any precise general rule
Reconnoiter
To examine with the eye to make a preliminary examination or survey of esp to survey with a view to military or engineering operations
Precognition
is the 'proof' of a witness committed to writing for use upon his examination. In criminal cases, the preliminary examination of witnesses usually conducted under the superintendence of the procurator fiscal.
Reconnaissance
The act of reconnoitering preliminary examination or survey
Voir dire
Voir dire [veritatem dicere, Lat., 'to tell the truth,' voir being the Norman-French for vrai]. A sort of preliminary examination by the judge, in which the witness is required to speak the truth with respect to the questions
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