cross-examination

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Noun cross-examination has 1 sense

cross-examination - (law) close questioning of a hostile witness in a court of law to discredit or throw a new light on the testimony already provided in direct examination
--₁ is a kind of interrogation, examination, interrogatory
--₁ has part: cross-question; leading question
Derived form: verb cross examine₁

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