DIRECT EXAMINATION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

(law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("direct examination" is a kind of...):

examination; interrogation; interrogatory (formal systematic questioning)

Domain category:

jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)

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