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pretrial
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[ adjective ] preceding an official trial
Examples "pretrial publicity" "pretrial hearings are usually for the purpose of clarifying facts and points of la" Used in print (U.S. Reports. Volume 366. Cases Adjudged in the...)The first pretrial conference - held to appoint amici_curiae to represent the interest of the stockholders of du_Pont and General_Motors and to consider the procedure to be followed in the subsequent hearings - took_place on September 25 , 1957 . Related terms |
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[ noun ] (law) a conference held before the trial begins to bring the parties together to outline discovery proceedings and to define the issues to be tried; more useful in civil than in criminal cases
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