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/krɔs-ɪgzˌæmənˈeɪʃən/ Listen

noun

cross-examination n. (Law)

1.

The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he has been called and examined. See Examination.

2.

(fig.) Close or detailed questioning.

Examination n.

1.

The act of examining, or state of being examined; a careful search, investigation, or inquiry; scrutiny by study or experiment.

2.

A process prescribed or assigned for testing qualification; as, the examination of a student, or of a candidate for admission to the bar or the ministry. "He neglected the studies,... stood low at the examinations."

Examination in chief, or Direct examination (Law), that examination which is made of a witness by a party calling him.

Cross-examination, that made by the opposite party.

Reexamination, or Re-direct examination, (Law) that questioning of a witness at trial made by the party calling the witness, after, and upon matters arising out of, the cross-examination; also called informally re-direct.

Synonyms: Search; inquiry; investigation; research; scrutiny; inquisition; inspection; exploration.

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