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cross-examine
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cross-examine verb ask questions, catechize, challenge, check, cross interrogate, cross question, examine, ferret out, grill, inquire of, interpellate, interrogate, probe, query, question, quiz, reexamine, subject to examination
Associated concepts: cross-examination limited to the scope of the direct examination, direct examination, right to cross-examine


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It includes information on openings, "intellectually-persuasive" cross-examinations and effective closings and closing language, as well as information on arresting officers, voir dire, new approaches to standardized field sobriety tests (SFSTs), SFST expert direct examination, airblank fallacy, rising alcohol defense, medical conditions, and demonstrating witness unresponsiveness.
A Criminal Justice Bill pencilled in for the next parliamentary session will stop defendants exploiting courtroom rules to humiliate women with intimate cross-examinations.
By the time Simpson's lawyers presented their case in the criminal trial, they had already pummeled police witnesses through lengthy and effective cross-examinations, raising doubt upon reasonable doubt about the evidence.
 
 
 
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