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pretrial
[pree-trahy-uhl, -trahyl]
noun
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.
adjective
of or relating to such a proceeding.
done, occurring, etc., prior to a trial.
pretrial publicity.
Example Sentences
On 3 February, a pretrial meeting was held at a federal court in Manhattan.
County public defender’s office, said Padilla had been granted pretrial diversion but declined to comment further.
The other two people allegedly involved in the singer’s demise — another hotel employee and a waiter — remained in pretrial detention.
The principal “convinced her parents that this behavior by Baldenebro was normal because he was her godfather,” according the a pretrial brief.
After a pretrial conference went poorly this month, Polizzi said he lacks the financial and emotional stamina to battle the city with no guarantee of prevailing at his upcoming March trial.
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