pretrial

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pretrial

  • /pɹɪˈtɹaɪəl/

adjective pre-trial

  1. not comparable Pertaining to a preliminary trial.
  2. not comparable Before a trial. “A Navy Sailor has been placed in pretrial confinement in connection with the death of Seaman Resendiz. Charges under the Uniform Code of Military Justice are pending,” NCIS told CNN in a statement Thursday.

noun pretrials · pre-trial

  1. A preliminary trial held in advance of a court trial. As a result, another pretrial review was to be held on 17 February.

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noun a preliminary trial held in advance of a court trial

한국어예심 yesim
日本語予審 yoshin
中文預審 /预审 yùshěn
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Italianopredibattimento

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@misc{pretrial_2026,
  title = {pretrial},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/pretrial},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}