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- noun law the
examination of awitness by the party who called them.
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Examples
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By all accounts they were taken to a rape trial where they were due to sit and listen to both examination-in-chief and cross-examination.
Archive 2007-09-23 2007
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By all accounts they were taken to a rape trial where they were due to sit and listen to both examination-in-chief and cross-examination.
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One consequence of this was that colleagues from Civil Law jurisdictions struggled terribly with the whole manner of adducing evidence, on the one side by examination-in-chief of witnesses and the other side by cross-examination.
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One consequence of this was that colleagues from Civil Law jurisdictions struggled terribly with the whole manner of adducing evidence, on the one side by examination-in-chief of witnesses and the other side by cross-examination.
Archive 2007-09-23 2007
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In the examination-in-chief, everything the medical expert witness says in the replies to questions put to him by counsel favours counsel's client.
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Chairman must remember that it is possible that a single reference in the examination-in-chief may only require cross-examination on the part of the Clients whom we represent.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891 Various
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Besides, an expert witness's examination-in-chief is very seldom shaken, and all we can possibly want is a note taken by a learned friend who has acted as a Junior.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891 Various
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I would suggest that, as this question has been answered three times, the witness be excused further examination at the hands of Counsel not present at the examination-in-chief.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, March 28, 1891 Various
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I returned to my seat, and was pleased to find that the examination-in-chief was nearly ended.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 Various
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I whispered to a colleague, "would the examination-in-chief last much longer?" and was told it could not possibly be concluded within a quarter of an hour.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 100, April 4, 1891 Various
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