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preliminary examination

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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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