Usually means: Questioning of witness by opposition.
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We found 33 dictionaries that define the word cross-examination:

General (20 matching dictionaries)
  1. cross-examination: Merriam-Webster
  2. cross-examination: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cross-examination, cross-examination: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cross-examination: Vocabulary.com
  5. Cross-Examination, Cross-examination, cross-examination: Wordnik
  6. cross-examination: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. cross-examination: Wiktionary
  8. Cross-examination, cross-examination: Dictionary.com
  9. cross-examination: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  10. Cross-examination: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Cross-examination: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. cross-examination: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. cross-examination: Rhymezone
  14. Cross-examination: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. cross-examination: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  16. cross-examination: FreeDictionary.org
  17. cross-examination: Mnemonic Dictionary
  18. cross-examination: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (10 matching dictionaries)
  1. cross-examination: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. cross-examination: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. cross-examination: Law.com Dictionary
  4. Everybody's Legal Dictionary (No longer online)
  5. DS Dictionary (No longer online)
  6. Cross-examination: DivorceNet.com (Annotated Divorce Law Dictionary)
  7. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  8. Bouvier's Law Dictionary 1856 Edition (No longer online)
  9. cross-examination: Legal dictionary
  10. BusinessDictionary.com (No longer online)

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cross-examination: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cross-examination: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cross-examination: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (cross-examination)

noun:  (law) The interrogation or questioning of a witness by the party against whom they have been called and examined, in an attempt to prove or reveal something false or untold during direct examination.
noun:  (by extension) Any intense period of questioning, especially if hostile.

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