Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pretrial"
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pretrial
adj : preceding an official trial; "pretrial publicity"; "pretrial
hearings are usually for the purpose of clarifying
facts and points of la"
n : (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 [syn: {pretrial conference}]
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