PRETRIAL

pretrial, pretrial conference

(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

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

pretrial (not comparable)

Pertaining to a preliminary trial.

Before a trial.

Noun

pretrial (plural pretrials)

(legal) A preliminary trial held in advance of a court trial.

Anagrams

• paltrier

Source: Wiktionary



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