pretrial conference

1. 1.

   (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

   Synonymspretrial

   Broaderconference

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Questions about pretrial conference

What does pretrial conference mean?

pretrial conference means "(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".

What is another word for pretrial conference?

Close synonyms include pretrial. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.