committal hearing
noun[C]
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At hiscommittalhearingpoliceannouncedthey haddroppedthechargeofattemptedmurder.
All threeaccusedwillappearincourtagain inOctoberfor thecommittalhearing.
Thecasewasthrownout by amagistrateafter abriefcommittalhearing.
- Theevidencewaspresentedat acommittalhearing.
- Magistrates set adatefor thestartof thecommittalhearing, which isexpectedto last about sixweeks.
- Acommittalhearinginformsanaccusedpersonof thestrengthof theprosecutioncase.
- Victims ofpersonalviolencearerequiredto givetheirevidenceonlyonce, at atrial, not at thecommittalhearing.
Court cases, orders & decisions
- actionable
- administer
- admissibility
- admissible
- affidavit
- conveyancing
- extinguishment
- extrajudicial
- fatal accident inquiry
- finding
- flight risk
- gagging order
- inquest
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- plead
- precedent
- pretrial
- probate
- provide
- reconvict