(legal, England, Wales, New Zealand, Australia, United States) A preliminary hearing without a jury in order to determine whether the evidence meets the test for admissibility to go to a full hearing
When I was a law student interning at Legal Aid Society, Judge Drysdale pulled me and my supervising attorney into a closet off the courtroom to full on scream at me for googling potential jurors during voir dire.
i’ve been on a jury twice in baltimore and i assume it’s because i shut the hell up during voir dire and when my tattoos are covered i mostly look like a nice white lady who pays her taxes
(legal, England, Wales, New Zealand, Australia, United States) A preliminary hearing without a jury in order to determine whether the evidence meets the test for admissibility to go to a full hearing at a criminal trial, in the legal systems of England and Wales, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States.
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(Britain, Wales, law) A judge deciding whether there is enough evidence for a case to be brought before the Crown Court.
(chiefly, US, legal) Of a motion, hearing, ruling, etc., pertaining to a request made at the start of a trial that the judge rule that certain evidence may not be introduced in a trial; most common in criminal trials where evidence is subject to constitutional limitations, such as statements made without Miranda warnings.
(US, legal) To state, assert or admit.
(legal, US) The preliminary phase of a jury trial in which the jurors are examined and selected.
“When I was a law student interning at Legal Aid Society, Judge Drysdale pulled me and my supervising attorney into a closet off the courtroom to full on scream at me for googling potential jurors during voir dire.”
“i’ve been on a jury twice in baltimore and i assume it’s because i shut the hell up during voir dire and when my tattoos are covered i mostly look like a nice white lady who pays her taxes”
(legal) A hearing in the context of a larger trial to determine some specific issue relevant to that trial, such as the admissibility of a piece of evidence or the competency of a witness to testify.