pretrial
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pretrial — pre·tri·al /ˌprē trī əl/ adj: existing or occurring before trial a pretrial motion a pretrial detainee Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996. p … Law dictionary
pretrial — [prē′trī′əl] adj. occurring, presented, or engaged in before a court trial actually begins [a pretrial motion] n. a pretrial proceeding for clearing up points of fact or law … English World dictionary
pretrial — preliminary hearing before a trial, 1938, American English, from PRE (Cf. pre ) + TRIAL (Cf. trial) … Etymology dictionary
pretrial — /pree truy euhl, truyl /, n. 1. a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., before a trial to simplify the issues of law and fact and stipulate certain matters between the parties, in order to expedite justice and curtail costs at the trial.… … Universalium
pretrial — adj. Pretrial is used with these nouns: ↑build up, ↑detention, ↑hearing … Collocations dictionary
pretrial — 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 • Syn: ↑pretrial conference • Topics: ↑law,… … Useful english dictionary
pretrial conference — n: a proceeding attended by the parties to an action and a judge or magistrate and held at a party s request or on the judge s initiative for the purpose of focusing the issues, making discovery, entering into stipulations, obtaining rulings, and … Law dictionary
pretrial discovery — See: discovery Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009. pretrial discovery … Law dictionary
pretrial order — see order 3b Merriam Webster’s Dictionary of Law. Merriam Webster. 1996 … Law dictionary
pretrial intervention — n. A program under which minor criminal defendants are not convicted, but instead sent straight to probation where they are given an opportunity to correct their behavior. The Essential Law Dictionary. Sphinx Publishing, An imprint of Sourcebooks … Law dictionary
