direct examination

1. 1.

   (law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness

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Questions about direct examination

What does direct examination mean?

direct examination means "(law) the initial questioning of a witness by the party that called the witness".

Is direct examination a common word?

direct examination is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.