pretrial
pronunciation
How to pronounce pretrial in British English:
UK ['prɪ'traɪəl]
How to pronounce pretrial in American English:
US ['prɪ'traɪəl]
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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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- Adjective:
- preceding an official trial
Word Origin
- pretrial (n.)
- "preliminary hearing before a trial," 1938, American English, from pre- + trial.
Example
- 1. A pretrial is often used for plea negotiations .
- 2. On sunday , a japanese court approved a request by prosecutors to extend the captain 's pretrial detention for 10 days .
- 3. One of the accused masterminds of the september 11 terrorist attacks on the united states in 2001 fired one of his military lawyers on the first day of pretrial hearings monday .
- 4. The plaintiffs showed up during a pretrial negotiation with a list of words intended to be used to help select documents for use in the lawsuit .
- 5. At a pretrial hearing in june , mr mohammed told the court that he had wished for martyrdom " for a long time " .