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Pretrial Definition & Meaning

pretrial
noun
  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

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What does pretrial mean?
(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 part of speech is pretrial?
Pretrial is a noun.

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