Associations to the word «Pretrial»

Wiktionary

PRETRIAL, adjective. Pertaining to a preliminary trial.
PRETRIAL, noun. (legal) A preliminary trial held in advance of a court trial.

Dictionary definition

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.

Wise words

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