Cross-examination Definition

noun

(law) The interrogating or questioning of a witness by the party against whom he or she has been called and examined. See examination.

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(law): In a legal trial, the questioning of a witness, while testifying, called by one party's attorney by the attorney opposed to said party.

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By extension, any process in which a person is subject to questioning.
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cross-examination
Plural:
cross-examinations

Cross-examination Sentence Examples

  • In a brutal cross-examination, a vulnerable Karen admitted to her secret life as a hooker while her stunned husband watched from the gallery.

  • These charges, of which the absurdity was soon shown by cross-examination, nevertheless placed the queen for some time in great danger.

  • This latter charge, though proved to the satisfaction of the committees of both Houses of Parliament, broke down under the cross-examination of the government witnesses by the counsel for the defence, and could indeed only have been substantiated by a dangerous stretching of the doctrine of constructive treason.

  • Turning to the poor state of repairs the evidence of Miss Grimshaw is minimal and was effectively rebutted in cross-examination.

  • President Milosevic finished the cross-examination of the secret witness testifying under the pseudonym of C-47.

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