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| 1. | [ adjective ] preceding an official trial | |
| Examples: | "pretrial publicity" "pretrial hearings are usually for the purpose of clarifying facts and points of la" |
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| Related terms: | preceding | |
| 2. | [ 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 | |
| Synonyms: | pretrial_conference | |
| Related terms: | conference law | |
| Similar spelling: |
pretorial praetorial Pretoria Protura proturan pretorian pretermit pretor prater protirelin praetorium praetorian Prothro Prather praetor preterit |
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