| 单词 | examination-in-chief |
| 释义 | examination-in-chief noun[CorU] LAWUKukus(USalsodirect examination)acourtprocessin which alawyeraskstheirfirstquestionstotheirownwitness, inordertobeginprovingtheirlegalargument: During examination-in-chief thesolicitoradvocateisforbiddenfromaskingtheirwitnessesleadingquestions. Examplesofexamination-in-chiefexamination-in-chief These linguistic strategies of the legal professionals combine with witnesses' attempts to persist with their story in the disruption of the evidentiary harmony ofexamination-in-chief. From theCambridge English Corpus This study has used sociolinguistic microanalysis to examine how witnesses are controlled in theirexamination-in-chief, and par ticularly how they are silenced. From theCambridge English Corpus The study is restricted toexamination-in-chief, thus removing the possibility of communicative strategies designed to trick a witness - a frequent par t of cross-examination. From theCambridge English Corpus In the present study, by far the most questions addressed to witnesses, both inexamination-in-chiefand in cross-examination, are yes -no questions, which appear to require a minimal answer. From theCambridge English Corpus The present study appears to be the first to look at questions asked by judges during examination-in-chief(in which the primary questioner is the witness's lawyer). From theCambridge English Corpus The essence ofexamination-in-chiefis that the advocate must not lead the witness. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 The counsel who conducted theexamination-in-chiefand cross-examination remained in the courtroom. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In contrast, if a tape is to be of much use it should replace entirelyexamination-in-chief. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 In these clauses we propose a regime which should spare the childexamination-in-chief, allowing a video to serve instead. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 It means having spent years listening to people telling the story in the cells, hearing them give the same evidence inexamination-in-chiefand cross-examining them. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 So far as theexamination-in-chiefis concerned, the workman has to adduce evidence to prove that he has been elsewhere seeking employment. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 That underlies the suggestion that both theexamination-in-chiefand cross-examination of children should take place before trial. From the Hansard archive Example from the Hansard archive. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under theOpen Parliament Licence v3.0 These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |
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