pretrial
pretrial · pretrials
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A preliminary trial held in advance of a court trialA preliminary trial held in advance of a court trial.
/pɹɪˈtɹaɪəl/
» We have a pretrial conference.
MrShoval · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
1 sensesA preliminary trial held in advance of a court trial.
As a result, another pretrial review was to be held on 17 February.
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- (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
Examples
1 sentencesWe have a pretrial conference.
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a preliminary trial held in advance of a court trial:
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plural: pretrialsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- (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:pretrial conference
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