Phrase guide
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noun
The preliminary phase of a jury trial in which the jurors are examined and selected.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
A preliminary hearing without a jury in order to determine whether the evidence meets the test for admissibility to go to a full hearing at a criminal trial, in the legal systems of England and Wales, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Australia, England, New-Zealand, US, Wales, countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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noun
A hearing in the context of a larger trial to determine some specific issue relevant to that trial, such as the admissibility of a piece of evidence or the competency of a witness to testify.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: law
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History
Anglo-Norman for “to say the truth”, from Old French voir (“true, truth”) + dire (“to say”), from Latin vērum + dīcere.
Across languages
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
