Meaning of 'pretrial'

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Meaning of ‘pretrial’

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pretrial

noun

in 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

Example: "Due to the complicated nature of the financial crime, the pretrial period took much longer than had been anticipated. "

Synonyms: pretrial conference

Source: WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University

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