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pretrial

[ pree-trahy-uhl, -trahyl ]

noun

  1. a proceeding held by a judge, arbitrator, etc., before a trial to simplify the issues of law and fact and stipulate certain matters between the parties, in order to expedite justice and curtail costs at the trial.


adjective

  1. of or relating to such a proceeding.
  2. done, occurring, etc., prior to a trial:

    pretrial publicity.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of pretrial1

First recorded in 1935–40; pre- + trial

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Example Sentences

A pretrial services report had recommended Williams’s release, but the government contends Williams presents a flight risk and could obstruct or try to obstruct justice.

Since her November 2019 arrest for covering immigration and human rights in Cairo, state prosecutors have filed additional charges for crimes allegedly committed while in pretrial detention.

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In August, Egyptian state prosecutors filed additional charges against Solafa Magdy, who has been held in pretrial detention since November.

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Rabner, the attorney general who wrote the 2007 guide, amplified the law’s emphasis against the use of pretrial intervention.

The investigation by the Press and ProPublica found 14 officers who received pretrial intervention in the five years examined.

He is being held in pretrial detention in Baku and faces up to seven years in prison if convicted.

Ray Rice, who married Janay Rice on March 28, was accepted into a pretrial intervention program to avoid time behind bars in May.

Rice managed to avoid jail time by entering a pretrial diversionary program.

All of the court records of that important pretrial hearing disappeared or were mislaid.

At present, thousands of businessmen are in pretrial detention in Russia on false charges and at the behest of their competitors.

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