pretrial

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

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

From pre- + trial.

"Ah, yes, the NPRP, National Pretrial Reporting Program over at Justice ... was hit with a series of computer viruses apparently intentionally placed in VMS comput- ers, whatever the hell those are." — Terminal Compromise, Winn Schwartau

pretrial conference

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