cross-interrogatev.
Law.
transitive. To cross-question. Also intransitive.
ΘΚΠ
society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > try or hear cause [verb (transitive)] > examine judicially > cross-examine
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a1645 W. Laud Hist. Troubles (1695) xliii. 414 Many of these are Witnesses in their own Causes, and pre-examined before they come in Court. At which pre-examination I was not present, nor any for me, to cross-interrogate.
1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 107 Advocates..may cross-interrogate the Witnesses.
Derivatives
ˌcross-inteˈrrogatory n. cross-question, cross-examination.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > enquiry > interrogation > [noun] > cross-examination > question during
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society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > trying or hearing of cause > [noun] > formal interrogation > cross-examining witness
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1774 tr. Helvetius Child of Nature I. 95 I put artlessly some cross interrogatories to him.
1841 N. Wiseman Remarks Let. from W. Palmer 67 To investigate juridically, on oath, and by cross-interrogatory.
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